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Baseball America’s Independent Baseball League Awards

November 2, 2009 at 12:53 am · Filed under Awards, independent baseball players

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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Independent Minor League Baseball Player Has Assisted Living Center As His Host Family

October 23, 2009 at 12:47 am · Filed under Host Families, Miscellaneous, Stories, independent baseball players

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:

http://www.independentbaseball.net/independent-baseball-teams/independent-baseball-player-has-assisted-living-facility-as-his-host-family/

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Good Story On York Revolution Players

August 17, 2009 at 10:28 pm · Filed under Independent Baseball Teams, independent baseball players

Here is a good story on the “family guys” who play for the York Revolution independent baseball team:  http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_12701402

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How One Player Finished College And Ended Up In The Independent Baseball Leagues

August 15, 2009 at 4:21 pm · Filed under independent baseball players, independent baseball tryouts

Here is a story of how one player got some advice and ended up going to an independent baseball league when his college career was finished:  http://www.jimmyscottshighandtight.com/node/791

Note, however, that for the independent leagues you do not need an agent.  While an agent may help, you also can do well for yourself by contacting the individual independent baseball teams and finding out tryout dates.

Also, be sure to have all of your paperwork in order including references, stats, video footage (preferably on a video-sharing site so that you can send a link directly to the manager or director of player operations), and any other documentation such as any evaluations you may have had from a Major League scout.

If you want more information on becoming an independent baseball player then leave a comment on this blog, and I will respond to the questions as they are asked.

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Independent Baseball Player’s Resiliency

August 11, 2009 at 10:56 pm · Filed under Stories, independent baseball players

Here is an interesting story about a 36 year-old independent baseball player who is still playing:  http://www.azstarnet.com/sports/302491

It details some of his odd jobs and careers he has had in order to still stay in the game.

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Independent Baseball Facebook Pages And Profiles

August 3, 2009 at 4:14 pm · Filed under Baseball Fans, Independent Baseball Leagues, Independent Baseball News, Independent Baseball Social Media, Independent Baseball Teams, Public, independent baseball players

Many of the 2009 independent baseball teams have a presence on Facebook.com.  Here is a best-efforts list to create an easy-to-use resource where you can find a Facebook presence for every independent professional baseball team.

Note that some of these pages may be “fan” pages, and not officially endorsed or controlled by the actual team.  If so, please have a team (or league) representative contact me with the correct Facebook link; and then I will correct the link quickly.

Some pages require to join the “Fan” page, the group, or add a particular team as a “friend” in order to access all of the publicly-available information. 

2009 Independent Baseball Facebook Links

American Association 

Atlantic League

Can-Am League 

Continental League 

Frontier League 

 
Golden League 

Northern League 

United League 

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Why Independent Players Are Not In Major League Organizations

July 29, 2009 at 12:58 pm · Filed under Independent Baseball Managers, independent baseball players

Here is an article which features recaps of interviews with the Atlantic League’s All-Star Game managers discussing why Atlantic League players were not in Major League organizations:  http://nybaseballdigest.com/?p=11949

Feel free to post your comments here.

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Interview With Playing For Peanuts Documentary Producer

July 21, 2009 at 6:59 pm · Filed under Baseball Fans, Baseball Humor, Independent Baseball Teams, Miscellaneous, Public, Stories, independent baseball players

Here  is an interview with the producer for the documentary, “Playing For Peanuts” which chronicled life in the 2007 South Coast League:  http://busleagues.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/bus-leagues-qa-with-baseball-documentarian-john-fitzgerald/

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Bullpen Catcher Gets Activated To Independent Baseball Team Roster

July 19, 2009 at 5:13 pm · Filed under Independent Baseball News, independent baseball players

Here is a quick post about a bullpen catcher getting activated to make the roster of an independent baseball team:  http://nystateleague.wordpress.com/2009/07/02/quinn-activated-by-ducks/

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Fun New York Times Article About Independent Baseball

July 17, 2009 at 6:56 pm · Filed under Public, Stories, independent baseball players

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/14/nyregion/14minors.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

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