Another Diamond Baseball Holdings (DBH) purchase to announce, as the International League’s St. Paul Saints have been sold to the largest MiLB ownership entity. (more…)
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Remembering the Salt Lake Trappers
It’s been 25 years since the Salt Lake Trappers (rookie; Pioneer League) set a pro-sports record for consecutive wins — and also served as a blueprint for what would become a lively independent-baseball industry. A team in an affiliated league may seem like an unlikely precursor to independent baseball, but the Trappers were an independent […]
Salvi joins Murray, Schley as owner of Martha’s Vineyard Sharks
A lot of familiar names here, as Pat Salvi — owner of the Schaumburg Boomers, the North Shore Navigators and Gary-SouthShore Railcats — joins the ownership team of the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks. Salvi joins some pretty big names in the Sharks ownership group, which includes Van Schley and actor Bill Murray. (Nice to see Van’s name […]
Rox out of Can-Am League for 2012
The Brockton Rox are out of the 2012 independent Cam-Am League schedule, as an ownership change and expansion franchise in Canada failed to materialize. Because of interleague play with the independent American Association, the Can-Am League was actually seeking an odd number of teams for the 2012 season. But with a potential Canadian expansion franchise […]
Personnel changes in New Britain, Fort Myers, Martha’s Vineyard
We have some personnel shifts and additions today: Larry Bennese is the new trainer for the New Britain Rock Cats (Class AA; Eastern League), Chris Johnson is the new trainer for the Fort Myers Miracle (High Class A; Florida State League), and Hannah Schley is the new president of the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks (summer collegiate; […]