One of the biggest problems facing prospective professional baseball players is the lack of knowledge of how to transition from the college game to the pro game, especially in the independent minor leagues. There is a lot of confusion, so a new product was created to help players learn:
how to find out about independent minor league tryouts
how to stand out at an open minor league tryout
what independent minor league managers seek in players
how to make an independent minor league baseball team
how to remain on an independent league team
how to be the type of player who can get signed from an independent league team to a team with a Major League organization
Here is a video explaining everything in greater detail:
In addition, the last remaining tryout for 2009 will take place on December 30 in El Paso. It is being run by the Continental Baseball League’s Big Bend Cowboys. Be sure to contact them at www.BigBendCowboys.com for directions, tryout fees, and other relevant information.
If you want a resource to keep up to date with the managers in the independent professional baseball leagues then be sure to visit and bookmark this site: http://www.independentbaseball.net/managers/ The link for each team also will tell you the names of any hitting coaches, pitching coaches, and other independent baseball team coaching staff members.
The Las Cruces Vaqueros will be a new independent minor league baseball team in Las Cruces, New Mexico. They will begin play in 2010 and are a franchise in the Continental Baseball League.
Here is some more information including a link to the TV news clip:
Here is a news article about an independent minor league player having to live at an assisted care/seniors facility as his “host family” for the summer in the Frontier League:
If you, or anyone you know, needs some basic/introductory information on the independent baseball leagues then these new web pages may be of help to them:
