Independent Baseball Weekly Recap
The independent baseball world has had some updates during this week of the off-season. Here are some of the developments, broken down by specific league:
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Sioux City Explorers sign Steve Montgomery as the 2014 field manager
Photo of the championship rings for the Gary Southshore RailCats
City of Joplin council votes to move forward with formal proposal to relocate El Paso Diablos\
ATLANTIC LEAGUE
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs manager Patrick Osborn leaves to manage a Yankees Gulf Coast League team
Lawsuit filed over loan payments for Camden Riversharks stadium
Sugar Land Skeeters Hot Stove Banquet on January 30
Interesting story about the baseball operations manager of the York Revolution leaving the organization to join the Tampa Bay Rays organization.
CAN-AM LEAGUE
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FRONTIER LEAGUE
Mike Veeck (owner of team in the AA) to speak at Normal Cornbelters Hot Stove Banquet:
UNITED LEAGUE
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PECOS LEAGUE
Official press release for the Bisbee Blue and Douglas Diablos:
PACIFIC ASSOCIATION
Maui and Hawaii websites are either down or have no content on them
FREEDOM LEAGUE
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Are they “in a league of their own?” Brisbee and Douglas are set to play each other 23 times on their 70 game schedules. Some of the teams in the Pecos they NEVER play. Yeah, that’s fair. And Douglas does ALL the travelling to any northern division teams played, and set to be on the road MORE than at home. Why IS that? Favoritism? Planned ineptitude?
Meanwhile, Taos and Las Vegas who are IN the same division are only set to play each other THREE times! Is this scheduler high on drugs?