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Grand Prairie Airhogs New Ownership

The Grand Prairie Airhogs (American Association) independent professional baseball team announced this week that it has new ownership: http://airhogsbaseball.com/News/tabid/55/PostID/483/AIRHOGS-ACQUIRED-BY-DALLAS-GROUP.aspx Southern Independent Baseball Group now has three teams in the American Association:  Amarillo Sox, Grand Prairie Airhogs, and Shreveport-Bossier Captains.  All … Continue reading

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Likelihood of Kalamazoo Kings Going Dark

Here is an article which came out recently about the likelihood of the Kalamazoo Kings team (Frontier League) “going dark” this season: http://www.mlive.com/sports/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/04/kalamazoo_kings_might_not_play.html With the imminent announcement that Rockford most likely will be re-joining the Frontier League for 2011 (after … Continue reading

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Camden Riversharks Looking To Add Investors

Last week, the Camden Riversharks were in a local media article about adding investors to the ownership group for the independent professional baseball team: http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/201103230310/NEWS01/103230339 Of interest is that the team did not want to sell its ownership stake, but … Continue reading

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Insight Into Ownership Challenges In Kalamazoo

This article gives insight into the challenges faced by the owner of the Kalamazoo Kings independent baseball team which played in the Frontier League in 2010: http://www.mlive.com/opinion/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/02/column_bill_wright_ponders_the.html Of interest is the comment about the inability to use the stadium for … Continue reading

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Possible Owner For Kalamazoo Kings

A few days ago an article came out about a possible owner for the Kalamazoo Kings independent minor league baseball team in the Frontier League: http://www.mlive.com/kings/index.ssf/2011/02/nebraska_man_shows_interest_in.html What is of interest is how prospective investors and owners look at possibilities when … Continue reading

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Part Of Long Island Ducks Sold

Bob Wirz’s column, which is partly syndicated on Seamheads.com, recently mentioned a new minority owner for the Long Island Ducks: http://www.seamheads.com/2010/09/03/bob-goughan-already-has-eight-championship-rings-but-another-would-%E2%80%98mean-a-lot%E2%80%99-to-bridgeport-gm/ Should more develop then it will be reported on this site.  Be sure to check out Bob’s coverage of … Continue reading

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