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Central Louisiana qualifies as "out west"?

I think they just meant to say Goodyear Centennials (a.k.a. Arizona Centennials) and Peoria Explorers (a.k.a. Sonoran Explorers): http://freedomprofessionalbaseballleagu ... all/1/list

This is the problem with independent leagues west of the Mississippi: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/712129main_8247975848_88635d38a1_o.jpg Look at all that light in the east... MLB teams, MiLB teams, and most importantly, a whole lot of light shining in areas where MLB and MiLB teams have terri...

AWBL Puts Halt to its Inaugural Season
http://www.nogalesinternational.com/spo ... 963f4.html

So which of the four teams bailed out?

Wow, being squeezed out of weekend dates by a semi-pro team and high school football... nevermind, I guess Bisbee is just a waiting room anyway. The league still needs to avoid Los Angeles/San Diego metro areas and focus on smaller cities within a reasonable bus ride. Aim to be the only game within ...

They got to four teams (I'm assuming... the Twitter feed is operational, the Facebook page is down and the website doesn't exist yet) but this is further than I thought they'd get after having the other teams drop out. The cities they're in are relatively isolated (save Fullerton). If I lived in Nog...

Hawaii Stars schedule: http://hawaiistarsprobaseball.com/schedule/ Vallejo Admirals (still no schedule, but a press release): http://www.vallejoadmirals.com/ http://www.timesheraldonline.com/sports/ci_23023042/admirals-announce-season-ticket-prices If you're interested in buying season tickets, cont...

2013 AWBL Playoff Format—best of the current teams:

Fullerton
Las Cruces
Nogales

...against the best of the teams that already folded:

Long Beach
Mesa
North County
Yuma

I'm an outsider here (haven't watched a GBL game since 200 8) , but it seems like the one can't-miss moneymaker the GBL-NABL had was the Arizona Winter League. Now with this split, the NABL has the continuity and the intellectual assets, but the AWBL has Yuma. Are they both going to try to host a wi...

Wait, Yuma is gone? Officially? I can't find anything about it anywhere. Kind of makes the Pacifics' court victory a bit hollow.