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My vice of choice is not tobacco (in any form), so I'm open-mindedly curious as to how you can chew responsibly. As far as I know, it is highly addictive and offers an array of cancers as a result of prolonged usage. And, as a baseball player for many years, I've seen more than my fair share of it. ...

My vice of choice is not tobacco (in any form), so I'm open-mindedly curious as to how you can chew responsibly. As far as I know, it is highly addictive and offers an array of cancers as a result of prolonged usage. And, as a baseball player for many years, I've seen more than my fair share of it. ...

Hereby soliciting any informed, articulate opinion -- mine excepted, of course, due to topic-starter's prerogative -- on this crazy situation going on in the noted hockey hotbed of the American Southwest. (Yes, for the record, I'm aware that the CHL is the best-drawing "AA-level" league. S...

The Rhode Island League? You're kidding. I'm presuming this isn't a professional-level venture -- wood-bat collegiate? By the way, all I know is what I read in the papers, but my readings would lead me to concur with Skippy's assessment of Bob Lipp. He seemed to come into these towns, promise them p...

How long will it take for D.C. to lose its third franchise, you ask? Considering the Nationals are among the leaders in attendance in spite of an aged, dated ballpark in a rough neighborhood, and considering the amazing preponderance of Nationals jackets, jerseys and caps around the area, and consid...

Props on the humor. Gives me a visual of the conclusion of the movie "Spun." The idea of a wintertime southwestern independent league really sounds like a good one. Very much so. It's cooler, but not too cold to play baseball, and there ought to be a market for it, if marketed properly. Ex...

Listening to the FL ASG on the Internet right now, and there is much discussion about the new ballpark currently being constructed in Traverse City. Evidently the franchise which will be transferred there is the current Richmond squad. The announcer has asked his several guests throughout the game a...

According to http://www.ballparkwatch.com/leagues/fl ... eague.htm:

Key West Conchs, 1972-1974
Key West Cubs, 1975
Key West Padres, 1969
Key West Sun Caps, 1971

Still, where they played their games is unknown to me. Perhaps Key West High School.

First I ever heard of it. What league? Cool name, though. But oftentimes someone thinks up a name, assigns this "team" to a quasi-fictitious league, maybe even creates a small website, and posts to a message board such as this, and suddenly the team is given some sense of reality when in f...

The NY-Penn and the Northwest are considered a notch above the Appy and Pioneer. The former are usually where high-draft picks and second-year pros go after extended spring training; the latter are usually where high schoolers go after a year in the Gulf Coast or Arizona, and lesser college players ...