Professional Independent Minor League Baseball Tryouts
How To Succeed At Independent Pro Baseball Tryouts
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 …
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 …
Here is the first episode of a documentary called “Playing For Peanuts” which chronicled life of an independent minor league baseball team called the South Georgia Peanuts. They played in the South Coast League which lasted one season (2007). If you want some exposure as to what you will be experiencing if you make it Read More …
Here is a short video clip about a reporter’s perspective on why players play in the independent leagues. This was filmed in 2007 in the South Coast League’s documentary “Playing For Peanuts”.
Repeat this to yourself over and over if you have never been involved with pro baseball for even a second, “My college playing career means nothing at the professional baseball level.” Good! The reason why you need to say this over and over is that it will help you overcome one of the big mistakes Read More …
Back in 1997 I attended an independent leagues pro baseball tryout for the Waterbury Spirit. It played in a league known as the Northeast League and was one of the teams that was a part of the temporary “merger” between the Northeast League and the Northern League in the late 1990’s. The teams from that Read More …
This is a video clip from the open tryout for the San Rafael Pacifics in the North American League (2012). What most of the attending players did not know at the time is that their results also were being saved for the travel team which became the Sonoma County Grapes. While playing for a travel Read More …
Bill Lee has been the Commissioner of the Frontier League since 1994, the second season of the Frontier League’s history. The League is about to enter its 21st consecutive season of play, and he was a former player himself. He talks about the way the teams in the Frontier League drafted after the 2012 league-wide Read More …