Independent Baseball Season Fires Up Next Week With Three More Leagues Starting Play

May 11, 2012 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment

Joe Calfapietra is one of the real veterans among the 32 Independent Baseball managers preparing teams to open the season in one week (May 17) when the Can-Am League, American Association and Frontier League hear the “Play Ball” cry. The 42-year-old New Jersey Jackals skipper has had time to develop a plan for building a […]

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Coste Adds Phils TV Job While Elbow Heals

March 24, 2011 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment

Â Â Â Â One of Independent Baseballâ€™s favorite sons, so designated because of the dogged determination in which he did not debut in the major leagues until his was 33, has a new job in broadcasting, but at the same time is continuing his comeback from Tommy John elbow surgery with hopes, at 38, of landing a […]

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