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. …

In its third season hosting CBU baseball games, Vic Chestnut Memorial Park will see the 10,000,000 patron walk through its gates. Number 10-million is expected to activate the turnstile sometime during the upcoming September 19 – 21 series versus the Akron Dandies.
At the recent press conference announcing the pending milestone, Bandits’ owner David Hepler had this to say, “The Redbank organization is very proud to be the first to reach this number in one city. VC Memorial will be the only CBU ballpark to have reached that number. The community …

A made up award to look at the top 5 hitters, pitchers and prospects in the Classic Baseball Union according to the commissioner.

The best of the regular season won out in the playoffs in 2010. The Portland Lions who won 115 times through their tour of 2010 Giamatti League opponents made their postseason trip short and sweet. Pitching was the name of the game for the Lions as they were led by a rotation who all had double digit wins: Chris Bruce 15 wins, Ron Hatch 16 wins, Phil Farrell 17 wins, Mark Owens 14 wins, and Shawn Roberts 10 wins.
The Lions bullpen was also very strong as they were lead by …

Orlando, FL (AP): The Orlando Orcas faced the Portland Lions in their 2nd consecutive CBU World Series. The Lions had the best Regular season record with a mark of 115-47. The Orcas had the 2nd best Regular season record with a mark of 101-61, so it had seemed that fate brought these two clubs together to meet in the CBU World Series. The Lions were hungry for a Championship. Would the Orcas find a way to stay on top as the Champions and deny the Lions a Championship?
The Portland Lions …

Fans lined up to the gates. Players dug into the batter’s boxes. Pitchers toed the rubber. The Classic Baseball Union kicked off its second season this week.
It was an opening week where newly acquired Burlington ace Earl Grant, signed to a lucrative 5-year $29 million dollar contract in the offseason, lasted just 3.1 innings in Portland on 4 hits and 5 earned runs. A week which saw the Colorado Everest put up 15 runs in the first 3 innings on opening day against Jose Munoz and Princeton, a masterful complete …

Orlando, FL (AP): The Orlando Orcas faced the Akron Dandies in the CBU World Series. The Dandies managed to win 2 games in the CBU World Series, but the Orcas won the Inaugural CBU World Series and made history! The Orcas won their 4 games in convincing fashion, by eclipsing the 10 run mark in 3 out of the 4 wins! In Game 6 of the CBU World Series, which was played at Sea World Waterball Park, the Orcas cruised to a 10-2 victory to become the World Champions. As …

July 14th 2009 | Princeton Fieldhouse
44,686 fans were in attendance in the Princeton Fieldhouse as the best of the best in the Classic Baseball Union battled it out in the league’s first All-Star game. On a cool night with a slight wind the Landis League and Giamatti League All-Stars took to the field for the 7:05 game time to begin writing history. Taking the mound was Whitehorse’s ace Gustavo Diaz versus Gaston Couture of New Orleans. Couture would go on to line out to centerfield, Sioux Falls’s Bryan Wigmore would …

Earlier this week the Oshawa Generals thought that they had landed another superstar pitcher to go along with Jeffrey Robinson and Eric Carter.  The trade was announced as Dave Henderson from Rapid City going to Oshawa for AAA starter Soong-yong Che and recently drafted SP Jesus Toro.
However, a question was raised as to the eligibility of Toro to be traded.  It appears that there is a league rule stating that all first year drafted players may not be traded for one season.  The problem arose when it did not appear …

Yesterday we looked at the best hitting prospects in the draft and you can look at them here. Now today we will look at the best throwers that could be terrorizing those same hitters as they progress through the minor leagues in the Classic Baseball Union.
SP -Dale Wolfe – 19 years old – Menchville High School
11 Games Started 5 Wins 2 Losses 4.20 ERA 64.1 IP 3 HRA, 17 BB, 81 K.
Dale Wolfe suffered in high school from a lack of a capable defense behind him. When a hitter put …