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) End-of-year awards: http://www.independentbaseball.net/statistics/review-2009-allindependent-baseball-team/
2) Top prospects: http://www.independentbaseball.net/independent-baseball-leagues/questions-baseball-americas-independent-baseball-editor/
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