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Category Archives: History
Abilene Prairie Dogs To Return – NAL 2012
The Abilene Prairie Dogs, a team which once played in the Texas-Louisiana League back in the 1990′s, are returning. They will play in the North American League for the 2012 season: http://www.reporternews.com/news/2012/jan/31/prairie-dogs-baseball-to-return-this-spring/ The owners of the Prairie Dogs are the … Continue reading
Chico Outlaws Future Doubtful
A recent article came out quoting Diamond Sports and Entertainment’s CEO, Brian MacInnes, on several aspects of the future of the Chico Outlaws of the North American League: http://www.chicoer.com/fromthenewspaper/ci_19568464 Of interest is his mention about how Chico fans long for … Continue reading
New Sioux City Explorers 20th Anniversary Logo
The Sioux City Explorers launched a new logo to commemorate its 20th anniversary as an independent baseball team: http://www.xsbaseball.com/box/x/?id=7490 The Explorers are one of 3 markets still in existence since the independent baseball leagues, as we know them today, started … Continue reading
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American Association and Can Am League To Play Inter-League Games
The American Association and the Can Am League share a joint league office, and the two leagues have decided to play some inter-league games in the 2012 season. The breakdown of how the inter-league games will be structured is on … Continue reading
Laredo Officially Joins American Association and Gets Shreveport Captains
The American Association made news twice in the past few days by announcing that the Laredo Lemurs officially joined the league and that the Shreveport-Bossier Captains team (2010 American Association champions) was sold to the Laredo Baseball Investors, LLC organization. … Continue reading
London Rippers Are The New Frontier League Team
The Frontier League’s new team for 2012 is the London Rippers, and they will be based in London, Ontario (Canada). The logo is similar to “Jack The Ripper”, but an alternative explanation is included: http://www.ballparkdigest.com/201111164342/independent-baseball/features/new-for-2012-london-rippers While this is a new … Continue reading
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Dan Duquette Named Baltimore Orioles GM
Dan Duquette has been named the new General Manager for the Baltimore Orioles team: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Orioles-ridiculous-search-for-GM-luckily-ends-wi?urn=mlb-wp26499 In recent years, he has been involved in the independent baseball leagues. He was instrumental in the launch of the 2007 Israel Baseball League and … Continue reading
Former Northern League Player Now In Major Movie
According to Baseball America former actor Stephen Bishop, who is playing the role of David Justice in the movie “Moneyball” with Brad Pitt, played in the Northern League in 1994. He played with the Sioux Falls Canaries and the St. … Continue reading
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Joliet Slammers Win 2011 Frontier League Championship
The Joliet Slammers, a first-year team in the Frontier League, won the 2011 league championship this past weekend 3 games t0 1 over the River City Rascals: http://frontierleague.com/cgi-bin/dist/news.cgi?id=1316412217 Joliet’s 2010 team was the Jackhammers, and they played in the Northern … Continue reading
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Quebec Capitales Win 2011 Can Am League Championship
The Quebec Capitales won the 2011 Can-Am League Championship last night over the New Jersey Jackals, winning the best-of-5 series in four games: http://www.canamleague.com/cgi-bin/dist/news_new.cgi?id=1316230566 This marks the third consecutive championship for the Capitales. In independent baseball history, there have only … Continue reading
