Additional Insights On The Continental Baseball League’s History
Get MLB, MiLB, independent league, and summer collegiate league baseball game tickets- Click Here The Las Cruces Vaqueros, members of the 2010 CBL season and […]
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A Farewell To The Continental Baseball League
The Continental Baseball League played its last games this weekend as the 2010 CBL Championship was played in Alpine, Texas. That series marks the end […]
Unique Story About Independent Player To The Majors
Here is a unique story about a former independent baseball player who made it to the Major Leagues… as a bullpen catcher: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bthesite/vensel/2010/07/invisible_oriole_bullpen_catch.html If you […]
Interesting Article On MLB.com About Undrafted Players
MLB.com had a recent article about undrafted Major Leaguers, and they mention the independent baseball leagues as a part of this process: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100624&content_id=11532374&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb The article […]
Fun Independent Baseball Trivia
According to Bob Wirz (IndyBaseballChatter.com and Wirzandassociates.com), there have been only two instances in pro baseball where a player hit a home run on five […]
Pete Rose, Jr. Becomes An Independent Baseball Hitting Coach
The Florence Freedom (Frontier League) recently announced the Pete Rose, Jr. became their hitting coach effective immediately: http://www.florencefreedom.com/newsnotes.php?nID=134 Many people do not know that Pete […]
Independent Baseball Trivia – Position Players Who Made It To MLB
In one of his recent blog posts, Bob Wirz does a terrific job of offering a fun trivia question about independent baseball. He answers the […]
New York Times Article About Kevin Millar Returning To Independent Baseball
Kevin Millar is going to return to play for the St. Paul Saints (American Association), and the New York Times did an article on him […]
New York State League Alumni In Independent Baseball
Here is a list of New York State League alumni who signed independent baseball contracts in recent years: http://www.nystateleague.com/pro_players.html
Story About Mike Marshall On MLB.com
It is always nice to see MLB.com grudgingly acknowledge the independent leagues! Here is a story written by Fred Claire for MLB.com: http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100412&content_id=9251162&vkey=perspectives&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb Fred served […]