Which Independent Players Will Make It to Opening Day? 51 Have Been in Major League Camps
March 6, 2014 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
One year it was Chris Coste, another Jon Weber and last season Scott Rice and Chris Colabello. The names change, but the stories are similar. Players who have devoted years of determination and grit to beat the odds of climbing all the way from Independent Baseball leagues, through the affiliated minors and perhaps…just perhaps…squeezing their […]
While New Leagues Are Slow to Develop, Independent Roster in Majors Grows Rapidly
August 23, 2013 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
Independent Baseball is continuing to turn out major league players in impressive numbers—two more just this week—but operators are not finding it nearly as easy to start new leagues or even to nail down new franchises. A new league has not started and lasted since the Can-Am League launched in 2005, and even that was […]
Kevin Collins: Many Cups of Coffee
November 8, 2011 by Andrew Martin · Leave a Comment
Kevin Collins grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts loving baseball. Like many children his dream was to one day play professional baseball for a living, and he was one of the lucky few to achieve that goal. Although he never became a regular player in the major leagues, he played parts of six seasons with three […]
The Pitchers: The 4 Levels of Greatness – Part 2
October 1, 2011 by Michael Hoban · 6 Comments
The CAWS Career Gauge has identified only fifty-one (51) 20th century major league pitchers who have obvious Hall of Fame numbers. In Part 1, I introduced the thirty-nine (39) 20th century pitchers in Levels 1 and 2. These were the pitchers identified by the CAWS Gauge as having posted HOF numbers during their playing careers […]
