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Demise of Admirals spurred by player strike over unpaid wages

Before the independent Pacific Association suspended the Vallejo Admirals, the team was crippled by a player strike and a front-office exodus over unpaid wages and salaries. When Pacific Association commissioner Mike Marshall announced the team’s suspension from the league, he referenced the team’s unpaid bills, ranging from player wages to front-office salaries to ballpark rent. […]

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New for 2013: Pacific Association

The North American League is no more, as four independent teams from California and Hawaii reboot with the creation of the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs. The four clubs in the new Pacific Association comprised the North Division of the North American League in 2012: the San Rafael Pacifics, Sonoma County Grapes, Hawaii Stars […]

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New for 2012: Hawaii Stars

The second new team in the independent North American League has been announced: the Hawaii Stars will be owned and run by the existing Na Koa Ikaika Maui ownership. The team doesn’t have a home yet, but owner Bob Young and other NAL officials are looking at playing some games at Wong Stadium in Hilo, a […]

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Fullerton Flyers returning in 2012?

The owners of the Fullerton Flyers (independent; North American League) are negotiating a lease for Cal State-Fullerton’s Goodwin Field for the 2012 season. The team, which played in the original Golden Baseball League, was on hiatus last season while team owner Alan Mintz negotiated a new-ballpark deal at Amerige Park with city officials. There’s no […]

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Nine players, 125 fans in Zion

Last night’s Lake County Fielders-Kenosha County Fielders game in Zion was a matchup of minimums, with 125 fans on hand to cheer on nine players in home uniforms. The game was billed as a replacement for the regularly scheduled Lake County-Maui North American League matchup, scrapped after Na Koa Ikaika Maui shut down for the […]

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