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Eric Champion has been named the new manager of the Grand Prairie AirHogs, effective immediately, July 8, 2014. He replaces Ricky VanAsselberg, who managed the AirHogs for three full seasons and the first 49 games of 2014. Champion served as the AirHogs’ bench coach for VanAsselberg’s entire tenure in Grand Prairie. Grand Prairie is Champion’s...Read More

Wichita 14, Sioux Falls 4 A dominant offensive performance from the Wingnuts led to a blowout home win at Lawrence Dumont Stadium. Wichita led 11-0 after four innings, thanks in part to four home runs. CF Brent Clevelen hit a second-inning grand slam to make the lead 7-4. In the third, DH Cody Robinson led...Read More

DURHAM, NC- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Wichita Wingnuts RHP Jon Link (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Pitcher of the Week for the week ending July 6. Link made two starts this week and earned two wins for the Wingnuts. On Monday, he went six innings and...Read More

DURHAM, NC- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Winnipeg Goldeyes INF Casey Haerther (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Player of the Week for the week ending July 6. Haerther, who previously won the award for the week ending June 15, recorded seven multi-hit games this week in eight...Read More

DH J.T. Wise (pictured) of the Wichita Wingnuts is headed back to affiliated baseball. Wise, in his first season with the Wingnuts, has been sold to the Texas Rangers and will be assigned to the Class AA Frisco RoughRiders. Frisco is currently in the midst of a series against the Northwest Arkansas Naturals in Springdale, Arkansas....Read More

Kansas City 7, Sioux Falls 4 — Box Score The Sioux Falls Canaries broke the 3-3 tie in the top of the seventh inning but the Kansas City T-Bones responded in the bottom of the frame with four runs to take the lead and that margin held as they claimed a 7-4 victory. The T-Bones...Read More

Winnipeg 14, Fargo-Moorhead 4 – Box The Winnipeg Goldeyes won a franchise-record 11th straight game, beating the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 14-4 Sunday afternoon at Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo. The Goldeyes came to bat in the top of the ninth with a one-run lead but rather than leaving the door open for a Fargo-Moorhead comeback, the Goldeyes scored 10...Read More

Kansas City 4, Sioux Falls 2 (Game 1 – 7 Innings) – Box The Kansas City T-Bones scored all four of their runs in the second inning and that is all that they would need as they beat the Sioux Falls Canaries by the score of 4-2 in game one of a doubleheader. Kansas City...Read More

Gary SouthShore 7, St. Paul 1 – Box The Gary SouthShore RailCats were one of several teams to hold their opponents to just a single run on July 4th, beating the St. Paul Saints 4-1. Morgan Coombs put on an excellent pitching display in front of the 5, 921 fans in the seats, going the...Read More

Independent Baseball Insider By Bob Wirz Vol. 12, No. 18, July 3, 2014 Onetime St. Paul (MN) Saints lefty Caleb Thielbar (pictured), now entrenched in the Minnesota Twins’ bullpen, gets our nod for quote of the week, courtesy of www.SouthernMinn.com.  Thielbar, who has a 1.00 earned run average for his last 10 appearances and is 5-2,...Read More