Golden Baseball League Announces 2008 Schedule
Published on November 16, 2007 under Golden Baseball League (GBL) News Release
(Dublin, CA. November 17, 2007) The Golden Baseball League is pleased to announce the official 2008 schedule as the league prepares for its fourth year of providing minor league baseball and family entertainment to communities in the western United States and Canada.
Running from late May to the end of August, the 88-game schedule will open on Thursday, May 22nd and will conclude with two rounds of playoffs in early September. Eight teams will comprise the GBL during the season, the largest slate of teams since the inaugural 2005 campaign. The schedule includes two new teams in Alberta Canada, the Calgary Vipers and Edmonton Cracker-Cats, who formerly played in the Northern League. Joining the Canadian teams, will be all six of the returning 2007 teams which are the 2007 GBL Champion Chico Outlaws, Reno Silver Sox, Yuma Scorpions, Long Beach Armada, and Orange County Flyers. The League will have its second All-Star game on Tuesday July 15th.
There will be two four team divisions that will play 44 game split seasons with four teams qualifying for the playoffs (1st and 2nd half winners of each division or wildcard teams across the entire league if a team(s) wins both halves):
GBL North:
Calgary Vipers
Chico Outlaws
Edmonton Cracker-Cats
Reno Silver Sox
GBL South:
Long Beach Armada
Orange County Flyers
St. George Roadrunners
Yuma Scorpions
Complete schedules for each team can be downloaded by visiting www.goldenbaseball.com. The schedule is also attached to this document.
About the Golden Baseball League
The Golden Baseball League, Presented by Safeway Inc./VONS, is a professional baseball league operating in the western United States and Canada. Golden Baseball League teams include the Calgary Vipers in Calgary, Alberta Canada; the Chico Outlaws in Chico, CA; the Edmonton Cracker-Cats in Edmonton, Alberta Canada, the Orange County Flyers in Fullerton; CA, the Long Beach Armada in Long Beach, CA; the St. George Roadrunners in St. George, Utah; the Yuma Scorpions in Yuma; AZ, and the Reno Silver Sox in Reno; NV. Over 60 GBL players have been acquired by major league baseball or professional international baseball organizations during the last two years.
For general information, please visit our League web site at www.goldenbaseball.com.
Golden Baseball League Stories from November 16, 2007
- Edmonton Cracker-Cats announce 2008 schedule - Edmonton Capitals
- Vipers 2008 Schedule Released - Calgary Vipers
- Golden Baseball League Announces 2008 Schedule - GBL
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