Pitchers Not Always the Priority for Major League Clubs; Stavisky Retires While Phelps Is Out
June 11, 2010 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
It often seems like pitchers are the top priority when major league teams go shopping in the Atlantic League or any of the seven other Independent leagues for talent. As a prime example, only four of the 16 former Indy players currently active or on disabled lists with any of the 30 teams are position […]
Northern League’s New Eight-Team Lineup Taking Shape With Lake County Hoping to Build and Be Home in Five Weeks
May 6, 2010 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
Training camps started opening for the expanded Northern League this week as the eight-team circuit zeroes in on the start of its 18th modern day campaign May 20, but the happiest news might well have been one more step toward getting a shovel in the ground on the new stadium for the fledgling Lake County […]
It Is Easy to Tell How Much Sparky Lyle Loves Managing and the Atlantic League
April 27, 2010 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
It only takes a few minutes with Sparky Lyle to understand how much the Somerset manager thinks of the Atlantic League. It is equally impressive that the 65-year-old, who was a major league star as early as the late 1960s, still has fire in his belly for his job, which has to be part of […]
