Many aspiring professional baseball players who dream of making it “even” to the independent minor leagues usually have failed to do one thing: watch an actual independent baseball game! Obviously, logistics play a part as many hopeful pro baseball players, including those who are going to go to one of the independent baseball league tryouts across the country, are too far away to watch an actual game.
Thanks to the willingness of some teams, entire game video content is now available on some of their YouTube channels. One of the longest-operating, and consistently high-talent, independent baseball teams is the Winnipeg Goldeyes. They started operating in 1994 (after being the Rochester Aces in 1993) in the old Northern League. They joined the American Association a few years ago and won last year’s AA championship. Here is one of their games against another high-talent team, the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks, managed by Doug Simunic who has the most wins of any independent baseball team manager in the history of independent baseball leagues (1993 onward):