Here is a short video which shows clips from an independent professional minor league baseball open tryout from the Newark Bears, of the Can-Am League:
This may help those of you who want to make the jump to professional baseball in the independent leagues but may not yet have attended one of these tryouts.
If you want to be e-mailed a list of independent pro baseball tryouts then be sure to click the link and sign up for the appropriate list to join.
Andrew Starke, the president of the California Winter League, answers questions from members of the mailing list on the following topics:
Be sure to download the audio file here:
If you like audio interviews with independent professional baseball experts, telling you how to become a successful pro baseball player, then you also should get these interviews:
Here is a rather unique interview which most people involved with the independent minor league baseball industry do not get to hear: an interview with the owner/operator of a winter instructional and developmental league. The interview is with Andrew from the California Winter League, and it covers information about professional independent minor league baseball tryouts, improving one’s skills, the opportunity to play baseball internationally, and much more.
The interview is in MP3 format:
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:
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If you are looking for independent minor league baseball tryouts in 2010 then be sure to join the tryout database which offers two things:
You can join the database at http://independentminorleaguebaseball.com/prospective_players.html
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 need a resource with videos giving you some pointers and tips on independent baseball league tryouts then be sure to visit this link:
Independent Baseball League Tryouts
It has several videos and next steps for you to consider.
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.
Baseball America has two awards relating to the professional independent minor leagues. Here are the links to the 2009 awards:
1)Â End-of-year awards:Â http://www.independentbaseball.net/statistics/review-2009-allindependent-baseball-team/
2)Â Top prospects:Â http://www.independentbaseball.net/independent-baseball-leagues/questions-baseball-americas-independent-baseball-editor/
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:
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