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• First Team To Win A Game Without Scoring A Run
Independent Baseball Trivia Which team won the first pro baseball game without having scored a single run? Answer: The Lake Erie Crushers won a game by a final score of 1-0 over the Schaumburg Boomers in a Frontier League game in 2024. The “1” run was the default final score due to the “sudden death” ... Read more The post First Team To Win A Game Without Scoring A Run fir...2025
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• Ray Hernandez: From the Dugout to Pit RoadFormer Atlanta Braves minor leaguer and Frontier League standout, Ray Hernandez, took a unique step to stay in the sports world after his time in baseball came to an end. After posting a career .320 average and setting records for batting average and homeruns at Alabama State, Hernandez was drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the … Continue reading Ray Hernandez: From the Dugout to Pit Road ...2025See more articles Atlanta Braves headline news
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• WC Thunderbolts Manager, Bobby Jenks, Battling Stomach CancerYesterday, news came out that former MLB Pitcher and current Windy City Thunderbolts (Frontier League) manager, Bobby Jenks, has been battling stage 4 adenocarcinoma, which is a type of stomach cancer. We here at Indy Ball Island send all our healing thoughts and prayers to Bobby as he continues his fight. We hope that his … Continue reading WC Thunderbolts Manager, Bobby Jenks, Battling Sto...2025See more articles Bobby Jenks breaking news
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• Atlanta adds relief pitcher from Frontier League on minor league dealPhoto by Brandon Sloter/Image Of Sport/Getty Images Tyler LaPorte was the closer for Windy City and will look to make an impression in the Braves organization. Earlier today, the official transaction page of the Atlanta Braves listed the signing of Tyler LaPorte to a minor league contract. The soon-to-be 28-year-old right-handed pitcher will look to make an impression with the Braves orga...2025Click for news about Atlanta Braves headline news -
• West Virginia Coal Sox Outfielder Whose Father Was The Manager
Independent Baseball Trivia Which outfielder for the West Virginia Coal Sox, the team with the fewest games played in Frontier League history (3-7 record before folding), was the son of the team’s manager? Answer: Tracy Brumfield was the outfielder and his father George was the team’s manager. Video showing clips of both being interviewed is ... Read more The post West Virginia Coal S...2024
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• Smack Smack! James Smibert Resigns with Trois-RivièresLast week, the Trois-Rivières Aigles announced that they have resigned utility player James Smibert for the 2025 season. Smibert, listed as a rookie in the Frontier League last year, is really only a rookie in classification. He has had a long and winding road in baseball before completing his first full season in the league. … Continue reading Smack Smack! James Smibert Resigns with Trois-R...2024Visit the page Trois Rivières
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• The 2023 Rule 5 draft: The pitchersPhoto by Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images Will the Royals make a selection? The Winter Meetings this week will conclude with the Rule 5 draft on Wednesday. The Royals currently have a 40-man roster, but could still drop someone before the draft to make a selection. The team is starved so pitching, so there could be some good opportunities to add talent to the organization. The ...2023See also MLB Pipeline injury -
• Royals acquire reliever Nick Anderson from BravesPhoto by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The 33-year-old was a dominant reliever before elbow surgery. The Royals have acquired right-handed reliever Nick Anderson from the Braves for cash, according to reporter Joel Sherman of the New York Post. Anderson appeared in 35 games this year with the Braves with a 3.06 ERA and 36 strikeouts to just 9 walks in 35 1⁄3 innings. He is under club control f...2023See also Nick Anderson -
• Brewers reliever Jake Cousins claimed off waivers by Astros
Photo by Joe Robbins/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The Brewers also granted Mike Brosseau his release to sign with the Chiba Lotte Marines Brewers reliever Jake Cousins was claimed off waivers by the Houston Astros on Monday, per the clubs’ official transaction logs. MLB.com’s Adam McCalvy noted the move. Brewers roster move: RHP Jake Cousins claimed off waivers by Houston.— Adam McCa...2023See more Jake Cousins injury update
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• Wednesday Rockpile: A comprehensive history of Rockies first-round draft picks
Photo by Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Colorado Rockies news and links for Wednesday, July 5, 2023 The 2023 MLB draft is just a few days away on Sunday and fans eagerly wait to see what player the Colorado Rockies will select with the ninth pick in the draft. While a first-round pick in baseball (and most of the draft in general) is more of a shot in the dark risk of unknown po...2023See more articles Daniel Shirey injury
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• Get to know the Braves’ 2023 Opening Day Roster
Photo by Todd Kirkland/MLB Photos via Getty Images Everything you need to know for the Braves Opening Day roster The Atlanta Braves have yet to officially announce their roster for Opening Day, but barring something unexpected, the group is essentially in place. Below is our annual preview to get you up to speed if you are just coming back to baseball for the start of the regular season. ...2023Visit the page Todd Kirkland
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"He struggled on the bump in his first few seasons as a full-time hurler until landing with the Windy City Thunderbolts of the Frontier League in 2023." - 2024
"The Frontier League announced that they will be expanding to Mississippi in 2025." - 2023
"Umpire Warren Nicholson was ejected in Sunday’s Frontier League game after a heated exchange with a player." - 2022
"Earlier this week, the Frontier League announced an alteration to its extra-innings format." - 2017
"”But the team is taking that to another level as they scheduled a giveaway to hand out a thousand mini models of the Joliet Correctional Center for the Frontier League All-Star Game." - 2016
"About eight years ago, Tanner Roark was pitching in the independent Frontier League after his college team released him."
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• Ray Hernandez: From the Dugout to Pit Road
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• Atlanta adds relief pitcher from Frontier League on minor league deal
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• Smack Smack! James Smibert Resigns with Trois-Rivières
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• Babe/Baby Ruth and Americana stops on a New Jersey road tripI bounced between air conditioning and cultural sights for three hot days in New Jersey in my cultural collectors quest to catch 'em all. We focused on Princeton this time, whose cemetery includes president Grover Cleveland and his "baby" Ruth, born in the White House and passed of diptheria at age 12.That's me, sweatin' to the oldiesSoon after the Babe hit a record 54 homers in 1920, Curtiss Cand...2024Read about Grover Cleveland trade rumors -
• Brewers select James Meeker from Triple-A Nashville, option Aaron AshbyRick Scuteri-USA TODAY Sports 29-year-old Meeker has chance to make MLB debut Before the Brewers’ loss to Philadelphia on Wednesday, Pat Murphy said something (seemingly in jest) to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Todd Rosiak: Murphy: "If you're in our organization right now and you're healthy and you're throwing it forward, you're being considered. If you throw good from the outfield o...2024See more James Meeker trade rumors -
• The 2023 Rule 5 draft: The pitchers
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• Royals acquire reliever Nick Anderson from Braves
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• Cub Tracks’ butcher block coverPhoto by Michael Reaves/Getty Images #Cubs, #MLB, and #MiLB news you can use, four days a week. The Cubs didn’t do very well in the first of three and need to meatloaf the next two. The Gold Gloves gained some tarnish. Welcome to today’s episode of Cub Tracks news and notes™, a greatest-hits collection of Chicago-style beat writers and bloggers, ground from #Cubs, #MiLB, and #MLB baseball,...2023Continue with Cub Tracks contract -
• Brewers reliever Jake Cousins claimed off waivers by Astros
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• Wednesday Rockpile: A comprehensive history of Rockies first-round draft picks
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• Dates Of First Independent Baseball Leagues In 1993
Independent Baseball Trivia Independent professional baseball, as we know it today, started in 1993 with the Northern League and Frontier League. On which days did those two leagues have their first regular season games? Answer: Northern League: June 15, 1993 Frontier League: June 30, 1993 https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/l-NORL/y-1993 https://www.frontierleague.com/information/History Fa...2023
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• Wednesday Rockpile: A comprehensive history of Rockies first-round draft picks
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• West Virginia Coal Sox Outfielder Whose Father Was The Manager
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• Babe/Baby Ruth and Americana stops on a New Jersey road trip
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• Get to know the Braves’ 2023 Opening Day Roster
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• Frontier League Announces Implementation Of “Sudden Death” Extra-Innings Rule
Earlier this week, the Frontier League announced an alteration to its extra-innings format. The 15-team Frontier League is an independent circuit designated as an official partner league of Major League Baseball. Beginning next season, the Frontier League will implement a system to ensure that marathon games don’t go into effect. The first extra inning — the tenth…...2022
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• Kumar Rocker Signs With Frontier League’s Tri-City ValleyCats
Draft prospect Kumar Rocker has signed with the Tri-City ValleyCats of the independent Frontier League, according to a club announcement. He’ll use the league as a showcase to demonstrate his health and current form in advance of July’s draft. Rocker has been one of the more talented and well-known draft prospects in recent history. Regarded as a possible…...2022Continue with Kumar Rocker
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• MLB-partnered Frontier League adopting sudden-death extras rule2022 -
• Cub Tracks’ butcher block cover
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• Get to know the Braves’ 2023 Opening Day Roster
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• Plan B's: Meet the Oakland Ballers, the pro baseball team moving in with A's set for Las Vegas moveWith the A's aiming to leave town, the Oakland Ballers (aka the B's) will join the independent Frontier League...2023 -
• Royals acquire reliever Nick Anderson from Braves
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• The 2023 Rule 5 draft: The pitchers
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• Cub Tracks’ butcher block cover
2023Visit the page Cub Tracks
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• Wednesday Rockpile: A comprehensive history of Rockies first-round draft picks
2023See also Daniel Shirey
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• Joliet Slammers to give away miniature replica prisons
The town of Joliet, Illinois is well known for its prisons. So much that they named the local independent baseball team the “Slammers.”But the team is taking that to another level as they scheduled a giveaway to hand out a thousand mini models of the Joliet Correctional Center for the Frontier League All-Star Game. If you haven’t noticed by now, the Joliet Correctional Center is a rather well-know...2017
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