Professional Independent Minor League Baseball Tryouts
How To Succeed At Independent Pro Baseball Tryouts
One thing every independent professional baseball player should know is the names of all of the league commissioners. Here are video clips on each one: Miles Wolff (American Association & the Can-Am League): Joe Klein (Atlantic League – presenting trophy around 6:55 mark): Bill Lee (Frontier League) Andrew Dunn (Pecos League) Byron Pierce (United League) Read More …
In the lower levels of the independent baseball leagues you may face a situation when the lights go out during a game. Here is what the 2011 Pecos League players did during such an instance one night: If nothing else, you may be able to have a little bit of fun during a long season!
Here is a video clip of last year’s independent professional North American League teams (now Pacific Association) during a game played in Hawaii:
Here is a local TV station’s coverage of a player who attended a tryout for the Kansas City T-Bones (American Association) tryout last year:
Some people have e-mailed to ask if players really can get signed out of an independent pro baseball tryout, especially at the higher levels. The answer is yes. Here is an article on the Atlantic League website about players getting spring training invitations out of the Camden Riversharks 2013 open tryout camp: http://atlanticleague.com/cgi-bin/dist/news.cgi?id=1365600329 The same Read More …
The Newark Bears play in the Can-Am League. Here are pictures from their recent tryout a few weeks ago: http://newarkbears.tumblr.com/post/48122509018
Here is a quick update on players who received spring training invitations out of a pro baseball tryout. In this case it was for the Camden Riversharks of the Atlantic League: http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4571931
Here is a video clip from one of last year’s North American League open tryout camps: The team is now part of the Pacific Association which will play games against teams in Hawaii and Arizona. In order to perform well at these minor league baseball tryouts you must be “gritty”. Notice that the field wasn’t Read More …
If you want to know what you are getting into when you join an independent pro baseball team, here is a video behind-the-scenes look at the Winnipeg Goldeyes which came out last year: http://vimeo.com/47500774 It goes into what the managers and players think about life in the independent leagues. Again, it may not be as Read More …
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 Read More …
In case you want to know what the lower levels of independent pro baseball are like, here is a short video recap of the Santa Fe Fuego. The Fuego play in the Pecos League. You will see Bill Moore (the Fuego manager), some of the players, some of the staff and get an understanding that Read More …