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 […]
If Only All 48 Indy Players Could Catch This Break
February 17, 2011 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
   Robert Coello has only been pitching for four years after starting his professional career as a respected catching prospect, but the 6-foot-5, 250-pound right-hander no doubt is the envy of many of the other products of the Independent Baseball leagues who have their nameplates posted on a dressing cubicle in a major league clubhouse […]
Can-Am May Be First League to Add Teams for ’11
September 30, 2010 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
While October always means autumn leaves, cooler temperatures, pumpkins and major league baseball postseason excitement to many people, it also is the month when Independent Baseball leagues seriously shake the trees to see if all their franchises are ready for the next season. Rumors begin to become fact. This certainly will be true starting as […]