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2009 Independent Baseball Playoffs

Here is the playoff information for the 2009 independent professional baseball season:

Interview With Independent Baseball Broadcaster

Here is a quick interview with Chad Cooper, broadcaster for the Windy City Thunderbolts of the Frontier League:  http://www.southtownstar.com/sports/1732476,082509sptminorQandA.article

Unique Way To Draw A Crowd For An Exhibition Game

You have to give credit to the Tucson Toros for their originality:

http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/298654

Introductory Article On Independent Baseball Teams

Do you have a tough time explaining to friends and family what an independent baseball team is?  If so, here is an article you can send them which should help explain everything from their point of view:

http://ezinearticles.com/?Independent-Baseball-Teams—What-They-Are&id=2535252

Independent Baseball Facebook Pages And Profiles

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 

Independent Professional Baseball Twitter Pages

Here is your quick one-stop resource to locate the Twitter pages for every 2009 independent professional baseball team or league.  Teams without a Twitter page will be designated with “X”

If you have any corrections, additions, or edits then leave a comment or send an e-mail to info (at) independentminorleaguebaseball.com.  This post represents a “best efforts” attempt, and it does not guarantee accuracy.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

ATLANTIC LEAGUE

CAN-AM LEAGUE

 

CONTINENTAL LEAGUE

FRONTIER LEAGUE

GOLDEN LEAGUE:   http://twitter.com/goldenbaseball

NORTHERN LEAGUE

Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks http://twitter.com/FMRedHawks
Gary SouthShore RailCats http://twitter.com/railcats
Joliet Jackhammers x
Kansas City T-Bones http://twitter.com/tbonesbaseball
Schaumberg Flyers http://twitter.com/Flyersbaseball
Winnipeg Goldeyes http://twitter.com/Wpg_Goldeyes

UNITED LEAGUE

 

OTHER 

Podcast With Lake Erie Crushers

http://baseballdigest.com/featured/2009/small-ball-podcast-3-the-lake-erie-crushers/

Interview With Playing For Peanuts Documentary Producer

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/

Fun New York Times Article About Independent Baseball

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

4th Of July Independent Baseball Games

With many independent baseball teams hosting fireworks for tonight’s 4th of July games, feel free to leave links to your photos and videos taken with players, in the stands, tailgating, etc.  If you post your photos or videos on sites like YouTube or Flickr then you may leave the link(s) with a comment about which team you were watching.

Since this blog is intended for all ages, please keep your comments clean and your links only directing to photos and videos for all ages.  Thank you for understanding!

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