In Sioux Falls, there are no parties tonight, there isn’t even many happy campers. The best regular season team in the Landis League will spend another offseason empty handed thanks to the Houston Woodland. Cameron Copeland who had been lights out all season leading the CBU in saves could not nail the door shut to send Sioux Falls to the CBU World Series. Copeland came into the 9th inning with a 1 run lead however a double, triple, then single later he was out of the game completely shaken up. …

Saba and Trexler Join Everest
by Amanda O’Neill
Denver Post Sports Writer
March 18, 2011
Shortly after Colorado management shocked reporters and fans with the news that Robert Côté would be leaving town to help balance the books, the club called reporters back to tell them that popular second baseman Jeff Cooper had also been provided with transportation vouchers out of town.  Cooper will be going due south to join the Mexican Hat Wild Burros.  Joining him on the journey to Mexican Hat will be outfielder Pat Lewis.
Cooper will take his $12.5 million arbitration-awarded …

February hit and it was a vision of groundhogs day in Sioux Falls. Everyone in Sioux Falls was talking about the relief ace that Sioux Falls just signed. However many bar patrons were confused when people were naming different names. Was it bringing back Ramon Ochoa or Masaki Kurota two favorites of Sioux Falls? Or were those rumors about Sioux Falls and Cameron Copeland true?
Luckily no bar fights were reported over people beliving they were more right than the other as they were all right. In fact in one week …

Everest Shred Salary and Welcome New Faces
By Amanda O’Neill
Denver Post Sports Writer
February 15, 2011
The new guys in the front office wasted no time attacking the salary blight that was threatening the financial stability of the Colorado Everest.  After some spirited negotiations with four teams, general manager Joe Geoghegan announced a multi-player deal with the Carson City Silver Strikers.  The quickness of the announcement and the magnitude of the deal caught some reporters by surprise, and the initial reaction among fans is mixed.
The Everest are sending their top pitcher (and one …

Orlando, FL (AP): The Orlando Orcas have finally reached an agreement with 2B Mark Kachmar who went out and tested the waters as a Free Agent, but decided to re-sign with the Orcas. Kachmar didn’t get what he was looking for on the open market, but the Orcas signed him for a 2 year deal, which included a 3rd year player’s option. This was a key signing for the Orcas, who are now pressed against the cap, but a move their management desperately wanted to make.

2B Mark Kachmar
Orcas …

BURLINGTON, VT — Fans of the CBU’s Burlington Phishheads celebrated long into the night after hearing the stunning news that their team had captured the offseason’s most-prized free agent, Earl Grant.
Grant, a 26-year-old righthander, was among the league’s top pitchers last season. Although several other ace starters were also available, Grant is several years younger than most of the rest of the prime free agents.
That played a big role in the team’s decision to throw an enormous, 5-year, $29 million per year salary at the pitcher, with the fifth year …

BURLINGTON, VT — The Phishheads made catcher Josh Whitford, 26, their initial free agent pickup of the offseason, signing him to a minor-league contract. The team said it sees Whitford as a one- or possibly two-year backup catcher.
It’s a clear signal the team has committed to 24-year-old Angel Cruz as its No. 1 receiver for at least the near future, confirmed by GM Larry Hockett.
Hockett said that despite Cruz’s failings in the batter’s box (.195 with 2 homers and struck out 88 times in 302 AB), his defense was good …

(PRINCETON, NJ) – In what many consider an extremely questionable move, the Princeton Black Squirrels have announced that they have signed 32-year old catcher Ralph Petley to a one year contract worth a reported $2.5 million for the 2010 season. The veteran Petley, who declined arbitration from Princeton to become a free agent after the season, was one of the main reasons that the AAA level Woodbridge Ratdogs enjoyed such a successful season in 2009. Petley hit .314 with a 1.030 OPS in 77 games with the Ratdogs, blasting …

Only weeks past since Orlando handed Sioux Falls its one way ticket out of CBU history, the Uber Giraffes remain very active off the field. There were many matters of business to attend. Javier Esquivel, Will Hill, Masaki Kurota, and Mike Lovell all remained unsigned. Don’t forget that role players Mario Lefebrve, Javier De Los Santos, Derrick Gilmore also remained lurking for 2010 contracts.
Sioux Falls aimed to tackle one out of that list and they finally came to terms with their LL All-Star 2B Javier Esquivel. Esquivel after his hot …

(Crest Hill, IL) – One of the most bizarre stories to come out of the CBU’s first season is the tale of 34-year old second baseman Kurt Taylor. Initially selected by the Nashville Apostles in the Classic Baseball Union’s inaugural draft, the left-handed hitting Taylor struggled to make an impact in Music City, batting .210 with a .589 OPS, 1 HR and 21 RBI in 195 at bats. Taylor started 52 games at second base for the Apostles and even emergency subbed at catcher twice. At the beginning of July …