Category Archives: Front Office

San Angelo Colts Hire New Assistant GM

Earlier this week the San Angelo Colts hired Murlin Whitten as the team’s assistant GM for the 2012 season.  He has an interesting background, having been out of baseball for a few years while having been a clubhouse manager early … Continue reading

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Fort Worth Cats Name New General Manager

This week the Fort Worth Cats (North American League) named Chris Hart as the team’s new General Manager.  Mike Stone, president of the Cats, was quoted in this article: http://fwcats.com/  (currently the first article appearing at the time of this … Continue reading

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Ken Oberkfell To Be Manager of Newark Bears

Former MLB player, and last year’s New York Mets bench coach Ken Oberkfell, was named last week as the field manager for the Newark Bearhttp://www.independentbaseball.net/wp-admin/post-new.phps (Can Am League).  He replaces Tim Raines who will remain with the team as the … Continue reading

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Edmonton Capitals Suspend Operations For 2012, Withdraw from NAL

The Edmonton Capitals independent professional baseball team has decided to suspend operations for the 2012 season and not play in the 2012 North American League’s Northern Division.  In all likelihood, with the potential for only Maui (Hawaii), Yuma (Arizona), San … Continue reading

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Bobby Brown Named First Manager of Abilene Prairie Dogs

The newly-formed Abilene Prairie Dogs (North American League) have named Bobby Brown as their first manager.  He most recently served as the hitting coach for the San Angelo Colts, also of the NAL.  This appears to be an internal move … Continue reading

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Yuma Scorpions Now To Be Yuma Panthers, Plus New Manager

In an effort to get away from the recent troubles which the Yuma Scorpions brand has experienced in recent years, the new ownership of Yuma’s independent baseball team (scheduled for the 2012 North American League season), Godfather Media, has decided … Continue reading

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North American League Stadium News

In the past few days, the North American League has surfaced in news reagarding proposed new stadiums.  First, the new (returning) owners of the Abilene Prairie Dogs discussed the possibility of a new privately-funded stadium in Abilene within 2 years: … Continue reading

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Yuma Scorpions News

This past week there were several news items which relate to the North American League for 2012 and 2013: First, the new owners of the Yuma Scorpions were announced as Godfather Media, Inc.  They took over the team from Diamond … Continue reading

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Worcester Tornadoes Change Managers

In news from last week, the Worcester Tornadoes (Can-Am League) announced that last year’s manager Ed Riley will become a special advisor to the General Manager.  Chip Plante, last year’s bench coach for the team will now be the field … Continue reading

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Newark Bears To Hold Job Fair

On February 3 the Newark Bears will be hosting a job fair at their stadium from 3 to 6 pm.  Here is the information: http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4343297

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