Atlantic League Economics Seem Bright As 2010 Independent Baseball Season Launches

April 23, 2010 by Bob Wirz · 1 Comment

As best we can read it, the economic picture could not look a whole lot better than it does in the Atlantic League as the 13-year-old circuit prepared to raise the curtain on the 2010 Independent Baseball season this very evening (Thursday). Definitive figures are not easily assembled, but Camden (NJ) Riversharks General Manager Adam […]

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Letters From Quebec: Remembering Willie Davis…

March 11, 2010 by Bill Young · Leave a Comment

â€œThere was only one Jackie Robinson and he was fantastic,â€ Willie Davis said about the Dodger immortal who broke baseballâ€™s colour barrier, first with the old Montreal Royals and then with Brooklyn Dodgers.Â Then he added, â€œThereâ€™s only one Willie Davis, and Iâ€™m fantastic too.â€ Willie Davis, to Montreal Gazette journalist Tim Burke, June 12, […]

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