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Independent Baseball

Independent baseball teams are teams that are not affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB) and are not part of Minor League Baseball (MiLB). There are seven professional independent baseball leagues in North America fielding a total of fifty-six professional baseball teams.

American Association of Independent Baseball

The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB)

Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball (CANAM)

The Can-Am League has had three incarnations. Its first incarnation ran from 1936 to 1942. Even though the league folded, many of the teams continued to play through the war years. Incarnation number 2 started after World War II in 1946 and ran until 1951. The current Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball, or Can-Am League, is a reconstitution of the Northeast league and was formed in 2004. It played its first season in 2005.

The Can-Am league plays a 91 game season that lasts from late may through early September. Playoffs are held in early to mid-September.

The Can-Am League's playoffs pit the first half winner, the second half winner, and the two teams with the next best winning percentages against each other in a two-round playoff. If one team wins both the first and second half, then the third best winning percentage team qualifies as the fourth team in the playoffs.

There are currently (as of the 2007 season), 10 teams in the Can-Am League throughout Eastern Canada and the Northeastern United States.

Frontier League

Golden Baseball League (GBL)

Northern League

United League Baseball (ULB)

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Independent Baseball News - MLN - The Raw Feed
Sussex Skyhawks Coaching Staff to Return For 2009
MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -AUGUSTA, NJ – The Sussex Skyhawks have announced that the entire player personnel staff of Manager Hal Lanier, Pitching Coach Brooks Carey, Hitting Coach Dave Cash and Director of Player Personnel Nick Belmonte will be returning to the Skyhawks organization for the 2009 season...
Can/Am League to Operate Ottawa Rapids Franchise For 2009
MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -OTTAWA - Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball (the Can-Am League) Commissioner, Miles Wolff will be holding a press conference in Ottawa at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at Ottawa Stadium...
Independent League First and Second All-Star Teams Announced
MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -DURHAM, NC – Sioux City Explorers RHP Nick Singleton was named to Baseball America’s 2008 All-Independent First Team. Sioux Falls Canaries OF Beau Torbert and LHP Kris Regas along with Fort Worth Cats LHP Joel Kirsten were selected to the second team...
Beau Torbert and Kris Regas Named to Baseball America's All-Independent Second Team
MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -SIOUX FALLS, SD – Two weeks after Sioux Falls Canaries outfielder Beau Torbert and closer Kris Regas were signed by the Detroit Tigers, the duo has added to their long list of accolades for the 2008 season. Both Torbert and Regas were named to Baseball America’s All-Independent Second Team...
Somerset Patriots Capture Fourth Atlantic League Championship With Win Over Camden Riversharks
MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -Bridgewater, NJ – Somerset Patriots catcher Travis Anderson hit a walk off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Patriots a 3-2 win in Game Four of the Atlantic League Championship at Commerce Bank Ballpark on Monday night to clinch the team’s fourth Atlantic League Championship in 11 seasons...
Somerset Patriots Take 2-1 Lead Over Camden Riversharks in Atlantic League Championship Series
MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -Bridgewater, NJ – The Somerset Patriots defeated the Camden Riversharks 14-4 at Commerce Bank Ballpark on Sunday night to take a 2-1 lead in the Atlantic League Championship Series...
Newark Bears Have Three Players Named to Atlantic League All-Star Team
MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -NEWARK, NJ – Three players from the Newark Bears have been named to the Atlantic League All-Star team for the 2008 season...
Camden Riversharks Take 5-1, Game 1 Win Over Long Island Ducks
MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - Central Islip, N.Y. – The Long Island Ducks were defeated by the Camden Riversharks on Tuesday 5-1 in Game One of their best-of-three playoff series...
Somerset Patriots Down Newark Bears in 14-8 Slugfest
MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -NEWARK, NJ – In the final game of the 2008 season, the Newark Bears hit four home runs, including two by Keith Reed, but the derby was not enough to defeat the Somerset Patriots, and they fell 14-8 at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium on Sunday afternoon...
Somerset Patriots Use Big Sixth Inning to Down Newark Bears 9-7
MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com -NEWARK, NJ – A big sixth inning gave the Somerset Patriots the momentum to carry them to a 9-7 victory over the Newark Bears at Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium on Saturday night...
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