We have another ballpark conversion to report: Yuma’s Desert Sun Stadium and Ray Kroc Baseball Complex, former San Diego Padres spring-training home, is being converted to soccer. (more…)
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Jose Canseco tanned, rested and ready — for Australia?
Former major leaguer Jose Canseco can’t quite pull the plug on his baseball career and is making some noise about playing in the next Australian Baseball League season for the Canberra Cavalry. While the move isn’t likely to happen, it still makes for some interesting Twitter chatter, as Cavalry second baseman Adam Buschini — who […]
New for 2013: Yuma Desert Rats
The Yuma team in the independent American West Baseball League will be known as the Yuma Desert Rats, as the team moves on to the next step of creating a logo and identity for the team. The team never actually played under the team’s former name, the Yuma Panthers; AWBL officials pulled the team from […]
Owners to rebrand rebranded Panthers
The new owner of the Yuma Panthers (independent; American West Baseball League) is already dropping his rebranding of the team and is seeking public input on a new name. The Panthers have technically never played a game: the former Yuma Scorpions (independent; North American League) were pulled out of the NAL for the 2012 season […]
Jose meets the press in Worcester
Jose Canseco, the newest member of the Worcester Tornadoes (independent; Can-Am League), met the local press yesterday and was by all accounts charming and accommodating. The 47-year-old took batting practice at Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field yesterday as well, as the Tornadoes prep for the 2012 season. “Guys, don’t take this as a joke […]
Jose Canseco resurfaces, this time in Worcester
The unsinkable Jose Canseco is back in baseball for 2012, signing a contract with the Worcester Tornadoes (independent; Can-Am League) to play as a first baseman/designated hitter. Canseco, who spent last season with the independent Yuma Scorpions (independent; North American League) as a player/coach/pitcher, spent the past offseason lobbying various MLB teams via Twitter for […]
New for 2012: Yuma Panthers
The Yuma Scorpions are no more, as owners of the independent North American League team are rebranding the franchise as the Yuma Panthers. The announcement came when team ownership in the form of Godfather Media executives met with the local press and outlined their plans to take the team public. Godfather Media already trades over the […]
NAL sells Yuma Scorpions in stock transaction
The independent North American League has sold the Yuma Scorpions and other operating considerations to Godfather Media for five million shares in the firm’s OTC stock, valued at $200,000. Godfather Media, Inc,. based in Mission Viejo, Cal, acquired 100 percent of the assets of the Scorpions, as well the right of first refusal to the […]
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 […]
Fielders tossed from North American League
The Lake County Fielders have been kicked out of the independent North American League after failing to show up yesterday for a scheduled four-day series against Na Koa Ikaika Maui — the logical conclusion to one of the worst seasons in baseball history. The league made this announcement on its Facebook page: The North American […]
Fielders skip on Hawaii road trip; season in question
The Lake County Fielders (independent; North American League) did not fly to Hawaii for a long series against Na Koa Ikaika Maui today as scheduled, as the team’s status is now certainly up for debate. Ownership has been quiet about exactly what’s going on. That ownership, by the way, includes more than just Rich Ehrenreich, […]
Another forfeit in the NAL — this time in Chico
Things seem to be careening out of control in the independent North American League, as the circuit’s second forfeit in three days came last night after a bench-clearing brawl featuring former major leaguer Tony Phillips. The brawl had its roots in the third inning, when former major leaguer and current Yuma Scorpions third baseman Tony […]
NAL soap opera continues; Johnson, LaCock walk away second time
Tim Johnson and Pete LaCock left the independent North American League for a second time, as an attempt to join Jose Canseco with the Yuma Scorpions was thwarted by league officials. The back story: Johnson was manager and LaCock coach with the Lake County Fielders (independent; North American League) when that team went through early-season […]