Category Archives: social media

22 Year Old To Be New Announcer For Somerset Patriots

22 year-old Justin Antweil will be the new radio announcer of the Somerset Patriots of the Atlantic League: http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20120117/NJSPORTS0302/301170040/Antweil-new-broadcaster-Patriots?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Sports|s The article discussed his background as well as his desired use of social media.  Hopefully more broadcasters will start to incorporate … Continue reading

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Pecos League RSS News Feed

Some of the website’s readers have asked to include news from the Pecos League on the sidebar like the other leagues have.  IndependentBaseball.net met with Andrew Dunn of the Pecos League, and the RSS feed was created in order for … Continue reading

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New Website For Possible 2012 North American League Travel Team

The North American League, a few weeks ago, came into the news as a possible travel/expansion team in Fort McMurray (Alberta, Canada) could be formed.  Earlier this week, the group who owns the rights to the Fort McMurray territory for … Continue reading

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Helpful Can-Am League Facebook Page

The Can-Am League put a link on its website to a helpful Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Can-Am-League-Canadian-American-Association-of-Professional-Baseball/111337888885747 It gives transactions, scores, and other Can-Am League information.

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Somerset Patriots Introducing Mobile Phone App

The Somerset Patriots of the Atlantic League announced that they have created a basic app for mobile phones: http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20110527/NJSPORTS0302/105270318/Patriots-launch-app-mobile-devices?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Sports|s If you have any feedback on the app then feel free to leave your comments here.

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Updates To The Site

In case you know of anyone who needs information on the 2011 professional independent minor league baseball landscape, please refer them to this site.  The links are updated for: team pages online radio and TV/video links social media pages statistics … Continue reading

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Documentary Channel For Independent Minor League Team

In 2007, a documentary was made about an independent minor league baseball team called the South Georgia Peanuts (South Coast League).  There are dozens of short clips on YouTube about the behind-the-scenes occurrences of an independent league team. Here is … Continue reading

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Jose Canseco Launches Power Hitting App

Jose Canseco, recently named as the player-manager for the 2011 Yuma Scorpions independent baseball team, sent out a press release last week.  It announces that he is promoting a new power hitting app in the Apple App Store. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/04/prweb5259434.htm He … Continue reading

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