Indy Leagues Serving It All Up Right Now With League Records, MLB Calls and Maybe a 20-Game Winner
September 6, 2013 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
Baseball people realize this is a magnificent time of year for numbers crunchers because of the pursuit of various individual and team records, and there certainly will not be any disappointment as this season works toward its climax. The Independent game is right in the mix with such heady topics to drool over as a […]
At 23 and 5-Foot-6, ‘Veteran’ Independent Umpire Takes His Talent to Affiliated Baseball
April 13, 2013 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
Kevin Winn couldn’t be blamed if he popped a few pride buttons these days with three of the umpires he has supervised working major league spring training games and half of the 10-man umpire contingent in the Class A California League coming out of the American Association, but I found him this week largely singing […]
American Association Playoffs Have a Different Look
September 2, 2011 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
Not one single hint of disrespect is intended toward the four teams in the American Association playoffs because they earned their opportunity during the grind of the 100-game regular season, but there are some unusual sideline observers for the championship run. The playoff field, which was not finalized until the very last day of the […]
Major Shakeup Taking Place in Independent Baseball
October 7, 2010 by Bob Wirz · 3 Comments
This may be the most important period for Independent Baseball since it started in 1993. Make it the most important ever since not all that much was really expected when the first two professional leagues of non-major league-affiliation formed 18 years ago. That’s a bold statement, to be sure, but this is what seems to […]
