Calico Joe
I just finished this baseball themed novel by John Grisham, and wanted to share it with you. It came out last year, and is also available in paperback. As you know Grisham is the master of the legal...
View ArticleMy First American Association Game
I went to Wichita and saw the Wingnuts play the New Jersey Jackals over the weekend. It was my first American Association of Professional Baseball game and I had a great time. It was also my first...
View ArticleAnother League? Diamond League for 2014?
When it's seems hard enough for the existing east coast indy leagues to find places to expand, we now have another one: the Diamond League.In Bob Wirz' Indy Baseball Insider today he not only has...
View Articlemusic at the ballpark.
My newest blog where I reveal my top 5 songs I could go without ever hearing again at a ballpark.http://10thinningstretch.blogspot.com/2013/07/the-best-and-worst-of-music-at-ballpark.html
View ArticleNine Traditions lost in baseball. A must read for all baseball purists.
I found it surprising that Patrick Reusse went to Midway Stadium to interview Saints manager George Tsamis and pitching coach Kerry Ligtenberg. Great read, it brought back some memories for me....
View ArticleIf You Owned A Team
Q: If you owned a minor league team, where would you put them and what would you call them?...
View ArticlePrediction For 2014
Just playing crystal ball here, so don't take it as gospel. I predict that two teams from the United League (Edinburg and Ft. Worth) will join the American Association's South division bringing the...
View ArticleAtlantic League To Add 4 Teams
I just saw on the Atlantic League's website that they are expanding by four teams. When I clicked on the the headlines red tab, nothing came up. I tried it three times without any details. Does anyone...
View ArticleCoolest Team Name and/or Logo
Which team do you think has the coolest name and/or logo? I have to go with the Kansas City T-Bones. That steer with a bat looks intense and they have a really cool nickname. I think the worst one is...
View ArticleHere's a new one ...
Trolling for scraps ... San Ralph, Chico, Edmonton and Fort Mac!!!!Oh, the Yuma Desert Rats.WILD WEST BASEBALL LEAGUE
View ArticleCan-Am snaring Ottawa?
Ottawa saying they were pretty sure that AA-affiliated was coming to town.Apparently ... not.Wolfe on league stability:“He’s right we’ve had some instability. But right now, for 2015, we’re optimistic...
View ArticleAustralian Baseball League
Have any of you posters ever been to a baseball game Down Under? The Australian Baseball League's season just started (it's Spring in the Southern Hemisphere) and it has six teams. I'm planning on...
View ArticleNo FL changes
Frontier announced its schedule and still has the Frontier Greys. I was thinking they'd find a 14th somewhere but I have heard of no ballpark work being done inside their footprint. Anybody have any...
View ArticlePecos League
While the American Association and Can-Am leagues leagues both lost a team, the Pecos League added two more (in Douglas and Bisbee, Arizona) today. And they will begin play this coming season. So it...
View ArticleAA Releases 2014 Schedule
Well, it's finally and officially here. The 2014 American Association League schedule: http://www.americanassociationbaseball.com/schedule/may-2014/
View ArticleBallpark fire in Grand Rapids, Michigan
http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2014/01/fifth_third_ballpark_aftermath.html This has to be the nightmare of any minor league ballclub on any level. Sure there is insurance that...
View ArticleULB in Tuscon
BPD reports that the ULB is interested in Tuscon now that the Padres are moving to El Paso.More interesting --and they noticed this too-- is that they want to do this for THIS (2014) season. Kevin...
View ArticleSchaumburg Zombies and the Field of Screams
Apparently the Boomers have a Kickstarter campaign to become the Schaumburg Zombies for one night --complete with all gear. At this moment they're just over half way to their goal of $5K to cover the...
View ArticlePacific Association still alive
Apparently now that we're into 2014, the "not quite dead yet" leagues can start actually doing stuff (see the UBL). I thought for sure the Hawaii teams were done cause both their websites went to...
View ArticleCalifornia Winter League
I live an hour away from where the California Winter League teams play. The CWL supplies the American Association (and other Indy leagues) with players. So I thought I'd share their info. with you...
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