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Pro baseball veteran Dave Chase is the new general manager of the Batavia Muckdogs (Short Season A; New York-Penn League), tasked with overseeing operations after the league took control of the franchise and its future in Batavia up in the air. (more…)
A personnel move today worth noting: Industry veteran Dave Chase is the new general manager of the Schaumburg Boomers (independent; Frontier League). (more…)
There is some personnel news to report, as general manager Dave Chase is departing the Sussex County Miners (independent; Can-Am League). (more…)
Worth some planning: the Sussex County Miners and Rockland Boulders will square off in the second annual Cooperstown Can-Am Classic at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown, N.Y, near the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. (more…)
We don’t often cover managerial appointments, but this one is worth noting: Steve Shirley is taking the reins of the Sussex County Miners (independent; Can-Am League) this season. (more…)
Now that we’re all back from the Winter Meetings, let’s get to work! We’ll lead off with news that baseball vet Dave Chase is the GM of the new Sussex County Miners (independent; Can-Am League), beginning play at Skylands Stadium in 2015. (more…)
We have a new commissioner of the summer-collegiate Prospect League: Bryan Wickline, a league founder and past president, replaces Dave Chase. (more…)
The summer-collegiate Prospect League is now in its fifth year, and while there are many success stories on the field and in the front office, league officials say there is plenty of room for improvement. There are two ways to run a summer-collegiate league: for-profit versus nonprofit. Leagues like the Cape Cod League and the […]
The summer-collegiate Prospect League will field 11 teams in 2013 after the Dubois County Bombers shifted to the summer-collegiate Ohio Valley League. The Bombers had been in the circuit for the past four years. The decision by the Bombers to shift leagues means commissioner Dave Chase must draw up a new schedule and bring back […]