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  Independent Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz James Paxton’s no-hitter for the Seattle Mariners at Toronto Tuesday night raised the question of how many other pitchers who have spent even one day in the American Association have been involved in a major league no-no.  For that matter, how many who have played in any...Read More

(Via Railroaders) CLEBURNE, Texas – The Cleburne Railroaders have signed former Major League great Rafael Palmeiro and his son Patrick Palmeiro, the club announced Wednesday. Rafael Palmeiro, 53, is one of only six members of the distinguished 500-homer, 3,000-hit club, joining the likes of Hank Aaron, Alex Rodriguez, Willie Mays, Eddie Murray and now Albert...Read More

Independent Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz Junior Guerra and Chaz Roe are not likely to be thought of as among the glamour names in major league baseball. But now in their 30s–Guerra is 33, Roe will turn 32 this fall–the right-handed pitchers are grinding their way to very respectable major league careers where they...Read More

GARY, Ind. — The Gary SouthShore RailCats announced the Boston Red Sox purchased the contract of shortstop Ryan Fitzgerald on Wednesday. Fitzgerald is likely to report to the Greenville Drive, the Class-A affiliate of the Red Sox. Fitzgerald is the 33rd RailCat to have his contract purchased by a Major League organization and the first...Read More

Independent Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz 6-foot-6 Ryan Bollinger, who pitched at St. Paul and Winnipeg four years ago, had a memorable debut in the New York Yankees farm system Tuesday, allowing only a solo home run and three other hits in five innings of one-run work as Scranton/Wilkes-Barre dropped a 3-2 decision to...Read More

First baseman Balbino Fuenmayor, who first played at Laredo in 2013 when that city had an American Association team, is back in the city and making plenty of noise with his bat for the now Mexican League team. He has hit safely in all 14 games he has played, a robust .380 (19-for-50) with four...Read More

David Holman and Anthony Phillips (pictured) have a few things in common since they both played a season in the American Association, and they are teammates with the Colorado Rockies’ top farm club in Albuquerque. Oh yes, each had a very solid initial performance with the Isotopes as they continue their quest to join a number...Read More

Independent Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz In the ups and downs of the major leagues, pitcher John Brebbia (pictured, Sioux Falls ’14, Laredo ’15) is back with the St. Louis Cardinals after spending a few days at Triple-A Memphis and Junior Guerra (Wichita ’11, ’13) rejoined Milwaukee from Colorado Springs to start Wednesday (1...Read More

Independent Baseball Chatter – by Bob Wirz Since Washington reliever Brandon Kintzler already has 299 pitching appearances on his record and Seattle starter James Paxton has made 75 starts these onetime American Association hurlers are entitled to voice their opinions. And, they are doing just that, Kintzler to help himself and teammates and Paxton to...Read More

The final few days of spring training pointed out once again just how difficult it is to secure a spot on a major league Opening Day roster, but the American Association, despite some disappointments,  can take pride that it has more of its former players among the 750 active players than any other Independent league....Read More