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Independent Baseball Promotions Article In New York Times

Independent Baseball Resources And News | December 5th 2009 by Independent Baseball

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Independent Minor League Baseball Tryouts Videos

Independent Baseball Resources And News | December 4th 2009 by Independent Baseball

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Videos On Independent Baseball Tryouts

Independent Baseball Stories, News, And More | December 3rd 2009 by Independent Baseball

If you are, or know, a prospective professional baseball player then chances are that you will attend at least one open independent baseball tryout.  Here is a page with some videos on them which gives you information about what to do during and aft read more

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Interview With Independent Baseball Documentary Filmmaker

Independent Baseball Resources And News | December 3rd 2009 by Independent Baseball

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Interview With Independent Baseball Documentary Filmmaker

Independent Baseball Stories, News, And More | December 3rd 2009 by Independent Baseball

Here is an interview with the producer of “Playing For Peanuts”, the documentary which chronicled the life of players and managers of the South Georgia Peanuts.  The Peanuts played in the 2007 South Coast League, and they were managed by read more

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Ottawa Stadium And 2010 Independent Baseball

Independent Baseball Stories, News, And More | December 2nd 2009 by Independent Baseball

Ottawa last hosted an independent baseball team in 2008 (Can-Am League).   It was a former Triple-A team (the Lynx), and news is coming out of Ottawa about the stadium’s future.  Evidently two leagues have expressed interest in playing in Ot read more

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Bridgeport Bluefish Announce New General Manager

Independent Baseball Resources And News | December 2nd 2009 by Independent Baseball

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MLB Sees Rise In Exemptions for Stimulants Rise to 108 for 2009

system regional | December 1st 2009 by worcesterw

Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association today released the annual public report from the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program’s Independent Program Administrator, and with it, more than 100 players were grante read more

Stimulant exemptions in MLB rise again (AP)

MLB News Blog | December 1st 2009

The number of baseball players authorized to use otherwise banned stimulants because they have ADHD rose by a small amount for the second straight year. Baseball granted 108 therapeutic use exemptions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder duri read more

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Independent Baseball Resources And News | December 1st 2009 by Independent Baseball

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Historical Independent Baseball Trade

Independent Baseball Stories, News, And More | November 30th 2009 by Independent Baseball

In case you need a good laugh to start your week after the Thanksgiving Holiday Weekend, here is a quick flashback to a trade in  independent baseball with ties to Hollywood: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Thatch Yes, this is the guy who played read more

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One Of 2009’s Unique Stories In Independent Professional Baseba…

Independent Baseball Stories, News, And More | November 29th 2009 by Independent Baseball

The Tucson Toros of the Golden League had to draw a crowd for a “Thirsty Thursday” promotion during the 2009 season.  Take a look at what they did to inject some fun into the independent baseball season: http://independentminorleaguebase read more

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Independent Baseball History – Why It Is Important For Today’…

Independent Baseball Stories, News, And More | November 28th 2009 by Independent Baseball

Many of today’s independent baseball players and new front office staff members are not aware of independent baseball’s history across North America.  IndependentBaseball.net believes that the lack of understanding the industry’s h read more

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Article On Florida Winter Baseball League Suspending Operations

Independent Baseball Stories, News, And More | November 27th 2009 by Independent Baseball

Here is an article from FloridaToday.com, and it covers the Florida Winter Baseball Leauge’s suspending operations: http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20091123/SPORTS/911230310/1002/SPORTS/In+baseball++it+isn+t+easy+to+go+it+alone The article read more

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Article About Why Independent Baseball Is Worth The Attention Of…

Independent Baseball Stories, News, And More | November 25th 2009 by Independent Baseball

Here is a quick article about why independent professional baseball is worth the average baseball fan’s time to follow and support: Independent League Baseball Fans Finally, if you are traveling today for the Thanksgiving holiday then we at Ind read more

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LHC at CERN: first collisions

driven cannot natural | November 25th 2009 by burnardseb

ALICE's inner tracker Over the weekend, the Large Hadron Collider smashed the first pairs of protons. Ever. SeeCERN press release, DVICE, Physics Central, The Independent, The Latest NewsAs The Independent mentions in another article, the current read more

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Independent Baseball Player Traded For Himself

Independent Baseball Stories, News, And More | November 24th 2009 by Independent Baseball

If you like sports minutia and arcane trivia then stories about interesting player trades are always fun topics!  Here is one from the Gary RailCats where a player was dealt for “future considerations” and ended up being reacquired for h read more

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Independent Baseball Leagues – Roster Rules

Independent Baseball Stories, News, And More | November 22nd 2009 by Independent Baseball

Many prospective professional baseball players who have the talent to play in the independent leagues may not be aware of the various roster rules for each of the independent baseball leagues.   While many of these players may feel that they were & read more

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Play by Play: Baseball, Radio and Life in the Last Chance League

Tincan Radio Blog | November 21st 2009 by Marvell Angela

From Publishers Weekly Following his lifelong dream, National Public Radio personality Conan took a sabbatical to do baseball play-by-play. Toiling in an independent minor league, the rookie sportscaster writes of the daunting task of filling the a read more

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Joe Klein Has Not Missed Out on Much in Majors Or as Executive Di…

Seamheads.com | November 20th 2009 by Mike Lynch

One of the nice things about this time of year in the Independent Baseball-writing business is we sometimes can sit back without the daily buzz of games and think about some of the factors—and the people—that make this business go. I have written read more

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People: We've Moved Beyond Wins and RBIs

No, You're a Towel | November 20th 2009 by Andrew

The great thing about baseball is that it continues to evolve. One way it has certainly evolved is in the use of advanced metrics to be able to qualify players. So it was to very few people's surprise that after relying on statistics like "wins" and read more

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Wally Backman Managing A New York Mets Farm Team

Independent Baseball Stories, News, And More | November 19th 2009 by Independent Baseball

Here are two pages mentioning Wally Backman’s return to the New York Mets as a manager for their Brooklyn farm team: New York Times:  http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/sports/baseball/17mets.html?_r=1 ESPN:  http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/new read more

Say "Yoo-Hoo" to Mrs. Goldberg with Aviva Kempner

Reel Fanatic | November 19th 2009

The Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival just wrapped up last Sunday, and while I can't say they screened two of my favorite films of the year as they did last year with "Tell No One" and "Let the Right One In," it was still a great weekend jam-p read more

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Independent Baseball Players On FWBL Rosters

Independent Baseball Stories, News, And More | November 18th 2009 by Independent Baseball

With the status of the suspension of the Florida Winter Baseball League’s first season still pending, many independent baseball players may have their winter league seasons end early.  Hopefully that will not be the case. Nonetheless, here are read more

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Florida Winter League Suspends Operations

Independent Baseball Stories, News, And More | November 18th 2009 by Independent Baseball

Many current or former independent baseball players have been playing in the Florida Winter Baseball League during the past few weeks. The league, constructed of affiliated and independent minor league players, announced that it suspended operations read more

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tentang Independent Anime Short

kusut-blogs | November 17th 2009 by kusut

i saw this anime short story by Hiroyasu Ishida (or Tete) and thought it is an awesome Indie Anime. and considering this anime is practically made by one student (independently directed, animated, edited, and recorded.).. that just blew me away. yes read more

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Independent Baseball Tryouts – What Is Sought In Players

Independent Baseball Stories, News, And More | November 17th 2009 by Independent Baseball

Here is a quick video for those of you are (or know) prospective players who want to play professional baseball in the independent leagues. It covers what is sought by team and league officials during open tryouts: read more

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What Happened To Those Who Debuted In Majors In 2008?

Seamheads.com | November 16th 2009 by Mike Lynch

Anyone who follows my offerings in this space and in my more extensive subscription-only Independent Baseball Insider knows how much I believe in tracking players from the Independent leagues who make it all the way to the majors. It is even more enj read more

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Video On Independent Baseball Tryouts

Independent Baseball Stories, News, And More | November 16th 2009 by Independent Baseball

Here is a quick video created from photos taken at the open independent baseball tryouts in Grand Prairie, TX today: Thanks to the AirHogs for letting IndependentBaseball.net take the photos and video footage which may appear in a future post(s). If read more

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In Memory: Jonathan Figueroa

Independent Baseball Stories, News, And More | November 15th 2009 by Independent Baseball

IndependentBaseball.net just learned of the passing of independent baseball pitcher, Jonathan Figueroa.  He last played for the Lincoln Saltdogs of the American Association in 2009. http://www.saltdogs.com/news/releases/index.html?article_id=644 We read more

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