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Sam Hill
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Post by Sam Hill » Mon Jun 08, 2015 8:49 pm

Now their former website - http://www.freedomprofessionalbaseballleague.com - redirects to some league in North Carolina. Which claims to also be affiliated with the Mount Rainier League that just went under.

When are people going to realize that just because some independent teams and leagues have made it that it's really, really hard to do? The original Northern League, the Atlantic League, the Frontier League and the American Association, that's it, isn't it?

And the whole "pay to play, you'll get noticed" thing is obviously not a realistic business play.
Old enough to remember when bashing the ABA was fun.

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Post by nksports » Mon Jun 08, 2015 10:57 pm

[quote=""Sam Hill""]"pay to play, you'll get noticed"[/quote]

What the players don't realize is, once they've gotten past Babe Ruth, Junior American Legion or any number of other post junior high leagues, they've already been noticed. Their name and significant stats already have been put down on the modern version of the index card of at least one MLB organization's scouting department. Now there's also a 99.99 percent chance that card has been glanced over and sent to the recycle bin at the conclusion (if not sooner) of the draft.

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Post by Sam Hill » Wed Jun 10, 2015 10:54 pm

Because The Dream dies hard.

Look at all the guys playing in the ABA who are convinced they can be in the NBA if they can score 35 a game against other plumbers and guys who work at Lowe's. They never want to give up the idea that they can be paid to play (even though almost all of them can't).
Old enough to remember when bashing the ABA was fun.

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Post by Dan K » Sun Jun 14, 2015 3:03 pm

The founder of the ECBL tried the Myrtle Beach Winter League in January 2015 as the official winter league of the failed ECBL. From what little was reported on this league, it appeared to be poorly managed, sort of like ECBL.

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