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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: South Atlantic League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The South Atlantic League is a minor league baseball league which operates mostly in the southeastern United States, although it now has teams in New Jersey and Ohio.
The West Virginia Power is a minor league baseball team from Charleston, West Virginia that plays in the Class A South Atlantic League as an affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers (as of the 2005 season).
Atlanta Braves National League AAA Richmond Braves AA Mississippi Braves A Myrtle Beach Pelicans Rome Braves R Danville Braves Orlando Braves The Rome Braves are a single-A team of the Atlanta Braves and are part of the South Atlantic League.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/South-Atlantic-League   (1392 words)

  
  Atlantic League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball Clubs, Inc. is an American independent professional baseball organization in the Mid-Atlantic and New England states.
It operates in cities not served by Minor League Baseball or Major League Baseball teams and is not affiliated with Major League Baseball.
The league offices are located in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Atlantic_League   (203 words)

  
 South Atlantic League - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The South Atlantic League is a minor league baseball league which operates mostly in the southeastern United States, although it now has teams in New Jersey and Ohio.
The current Class A South Atlantic League came into being in 1980 as the successor to the former Western Carolinas League.
The original SAL - often called the "Sally League" - was a higher-classification circuit (eventually Class AA) that morphed into the current AA Southern League in 1964.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_Atlantic_League   (163 words)

  
 Atlantic League - BR Bullpen
The Atlantic League requires cities to have the market for a 4,500 to 7,500 seat ballpark and for the facility to be maintained at or to exceed AAA standards.
The first Atlantic League lasted from 1896-1900 and was the successor of the Pennsylvania State League 1892-1895.
In 1914 there was a class D league known as the Atlantic League which lasted one year.
www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Atlantic_League   (468 words)

  
 The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball
The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball announced that Bridgeport Bluefish first baseman Jesse Hoorelbeke has been named the Player of the Year and to the 2007 Atlantic League All-Star team along with third baseman Jay Caligiuri.
Jeff Scott was named Manager of the Year by the Atlantic League for his work with the Road Warriors in 2007.
Atlantic League announces its 2007 End of Season All-Star Team and Awards.
www.atlanticleague.com   (337 words)

  
 The Sports Network - Minor League Baseball
However, Hickory proved that they were the class of the league, and swept the Bombers in three games to earn their second league title in team history.
The league MVP was given to Augusta outfielder Brandon Moss, who led the league with a.339 batting average, and finished in the top five in numerous categories.
He finished sixth in the league in hitting (.316), second in hits (161), fourth in OBP (.398), first in slugging (.594) and in extra-base hits (70), second in homers (30), tied for fifth in runs scored (92), and tied for fourth in RBI (101).
www.sportsnetwork.com /?c=sportsnetwork&page=minorbase/news/BQN3555756.htm   (2884 words)

  
 Independent Baseball Page
The league decided to expand into Pueblo, CO and Laredo, TX but the franchises never developed a fan base and were shut down in the middle of the 1995 season.
The Frontier League founder Bud Bicknel was ousted by the remaining team owners and later settled a lawsuit with the owners.
The Heartland league was formed in 1996 with Lafayette and Anderson as the league nucleus and they were joined by Will County, IL and Dubois County, IN.
www.angelfire.com /ak/indybaseball   (2154 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Henderson will sign with an Atlantic League team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Hoping to play again in the major leagues but still searching for a spot, the 44-year-old Henderson will sign this week with a team in the independent Atlantic League, his agent said Monday.
Henderson was the 1990 American League MVP for the Oakland Athletics, and he won World Series championships with the A's in 1989 and the Toronto Blue Jays in 1993.
Several former big leaguers are on the rosters of the eight teams in the Atlantic League.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1542068&type=news   (409 words)

  
 Atlantic League Independent - Independent Coverage of an Independent League
But trades are rarer in the Atlantic League, forcing the league’s eight teams to look elsewhere to bolster a lineup or pitching staff if a player leaves the club or gets hurt.
A youth league game usually attracts a bigger crowd, a product of the delayed construction on York’s 5,306-seat Sovereign Bank Stadium that is set to open by the middle of next month.
But peruse the Atlantic League home run leader board and the name “Ray Navarrete” is there at the top, ahead of Somerset corner outfielder Mike Lockwood.
www.alindependent.com   (844 words)

  
 Independent Baseball - iBest 2004 - MLN Sports Zone - A Minor League News Magazine
He also ranks fourth in the Atlantic League with 54 strikeouts and has a 3.21 ERA in 73 innings pitched for the Ducks.
Bridgeport’s Jose Amado is second in the Atlantic League with a huge.374 batting average.
He is unbeaten at 5-0, with a miniscule league leading 1.84 ERA and 21 strikeouts in 44 innings pitched.
www.minorleaguenews.com /baseball/features/articles2004/fab50/062204.52.html   (1284 words)

  
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Imagine if you will a league within football's minor league that is directed toward peaceful unification and/or coexistence with other like minded organizations.
The Atlantic Football League is motivated towards the overall improvement of minor league football.
There is no unethical actions or comments made by this league or the teams held within.
www.geocities.com /atlanticfootballleague   (145 words)

  
 Atlantic League Umpiring - The Official Forum
This is an independent baseball league in the northeast portion of the country.
For the most part, Independent Leagues either get their umpires after PBUC contracts are signed, and they pick up the left overs, or guys with A LOT of college and probally some previous pro experience.
I talked to the Supervisor for Umpires a few years ago for the Atlantic League, and he told me they very rarely hire rookie umpires due to the the fact that it is a premier Indy League filled with ex Major Leaguers such as Jose Canseco and Jose Lima.
forum.officiating.com /showthread.php?postid=158105   (317 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Astros dominate South Atlantic League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Since much of the talent at the big-league level and the higher echelons of the minor leagues has been developed from within the organization, it should come as no surprise that Houston showcased even more talented youngsters in the low Class A South Atlantic League this past season.
Houston is expected to return an affiliate to a "high" Class A league in 2002 or 2003.
Malone, selected the round after Ulacia in 1999, posted the fourth-lowest ERA in the minor leagues at 1.98, fanned a batter an inning and held opposing hitters to a.198 average.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=1282627&type=story   (786 words)

  
 C-N: Somerset County Patriots: 1999 Story Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The Atlantic League has a new spring home, and its residents are ready to move in.
A year later, the team and league are a year wiser.
Baseball fans flocked to businesses near Atlantic League stadiums last year, and merchants say the key is proximity to the ballpark.
www.injersey.com /patriots/archive99   (228 words)

  
 Are you looking for Atlantic Hockey Junior League? This page provides new information on Atlantic Hockey Junior League!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
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www.sports-and-beyond.com /38/atlantic-hockey-junior-league.asp   (472 words)

  
 Sports Mogul Inc. Forums - Atlantic League Rules
The Atlantic League is an unequalized league that sims 30 games a day hourly from 9am to 6pm Pacific Time.
In the Atlantic League, we require GMs to log into the Atlantic League at least once every three days, unless you report your absence.
The league will auto-extend any rookie's player salary who is in the final year of his contract for 2 years @ $450,000 per year at the request of the GM.
www.sportsmogul.com /vbulletin/showthread.php?t=81928   (1130 words)

  
 American Association of Independent Professional Baseball
Wolff served as the commissioner of the Northeast League from 2003-2004 and the Central League from 2002-2005.
Moushon began his professional baseball career for a South Atlantic League franchise in Charleston, S.C., in 1988, moved to the Springfield (Ill.) Cardinals of the Midwest League in 1989 and got his first general manager post with the Watertown (N.Y.) Indians of the New York-Penn League in 1992.
He was also general manager of the Fayetteville (N.C.) Generals (South Atlantic League) from 1993-94 before taking a position as executive director of the Northern League prior to the 1995 season.
www.americanassociationbaseball.com /staff.html   (960 words)

  
 Southern Maryland minor league team to join Atlantic League - Boston.com
A new minor league baseball team planned for southern Maryland will play in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball Clubs, the team's organizers said Thursday.
LA PLATA, Md. --A new minor league baseball team planned for southern Maryland will play in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball Clubs, the team's organizers said Thursday.
The new team, which is expected to begin play in 2007, will join the eight-team Atlantic League, which includes teams in Atlantic City, Camden, Newark and Bridgewater, N.J.; and in Connecticut, New York, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania.
www.boston.com /sports/baseball/articles/2006/02/16/southern_maryland_minor_league_team_to_join_atlantic_league   (162 words)

  
 Sports: Jose hopes Atlantic League is a layover
Although he said the Yankees and Blue Jays negotiated seriously with him, he decided to follow his brother to the Atlantic League, an eight-team circuit in small to mid sized Northeast markets.
The downside to the league, apart from a hit to the prestige, is a maximum $3,000 monthly wage.
The upside is that his contract, like all in the Atlantic League, is instantly voidable if any major-league club wishes to purchase it.
www.sptimes.com /News/042401/Sports/Jose_hopes_Atlantic_L.shtml   (815 words)

  
 MOFO Sports - The Voice of the Atlantic City Surf Fans
Atlantic City, N.J. — Nine runs and 14 hits carried the Camden Riversharks into the Atlantic League Championship Series on Wednesday night as they continued their season with a 9-4 win over the Atlantic City Surf at Sandcastle Stadium.
The Atlantic League Pitcher of the Year candidate struck out two and allowed just one run to improve to 1-0 in the playoffs.
We are not endorsed by or affiliated with the Atlantic City Surf, Atlantic League or any other professional sports association or franchise.
www.mofosports.net /al/surf   (356 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
John H. Moss, President of the South Atlantic League, announced the selection of the 2005 Annual All-Star Team.
The All-Star Team was voted on by all the 16 South Atlantic League Team’s Field Managers, General Managers and Team Media Outlets (Press/Radio/Television).
Kannapolis, NC The Intimidators have won their first South Atlantic League Championship shutting out Hagerstown 3-0 in game four Friday night at Fieldcrest Cannon Stadium winning the SAL Title three games to one.
www.southatlanticleague.com /index2.html   (454 words)

  
 Surf’s Goldwater named Atlantic League all-star
Comfortably settled in as a starter for the Atlantic City Surf of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB), Goldwater, the former Freehold Township High School star, has become one of the league’s best pitchers.
The league’s all-star game will be played tonight at Sandcastle Stadium, the Surf’s home field in Atlantic City, an added bonus for Goldwater and his seven Surf teammates who were also named to the team.
Much of the success, he said, is from a year’s experience in the league.
newstranscript.gmnews.com /news/2005/0713/Sports/091.html   (497 words)

  
 Philadelphia Business Journal: Atlantic League to play extra innings? - 2003-10-06   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The Atlantic League of Professional Baseball Clubs, which has teams in Camden and Atlantic City, is thinking about creating a short-season division and expanding into new cities.
Frank Boulton, the Atlantic League's founder and CEO, said action is being taken because the league's teams are increasingly losing players to Major League Baseball's minor league affiliates -- leaving teams struggling to fill out their rosters.
That is not the case for affiliated minor league baseball teams, where Major League parent organizations cover such costs as salaries for coaches and players and equipment.
www.bizjournals.com /industries/sports_business/general/2003/10/06/philadelphia_story6.html?f=et183   (694 words)

  
 MSNsportsNET -- West Virginia University Mountaineers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
The East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) today named West Virginia University gymnast Mehgan Morris as the EAGL rookie of the week for the league’s final weekly awards of the season.
The East Atlantic Gymnastics League honored West Virginia University gymnasts in all three of its weekly awards, announced Tuesday by league officials.
The East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL) today announced West Virginia University gymnast Mehgan Morris as its EAGL rookie of the week for a league-record fourth time, all coming in four consecutive weeks.
demo.citynet.net /msn/page.cfm?cat=gymnastics&sport=   (601 words)

  
 Atlantic Southeast Chapter Naval Submarine League
The Naval Submarine League normally meets quarterly (Feb/May/Aug/Nov), usually on the third Tuesday of those months, at 11:30 to 12:30 at the Kings Bay Club onboard the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga.
The Naval Submarine League is an organization which allows submarine advocates in all walks of life to demonstrate their strong and continuous support while providing a forum wherein this group can become acquainted with and educated on significant details of the goals and issues confronting the Submarine Force.
None of that should be surprising, of course, since the aim of the League is to represent the greater Submarine Community of builders, designers, support people, operators and that part of the public who give them support and encouragement.
www.geocities.com /royalgull/nsl   (871 words)

  
 Atlantic Coast League - The Boston Globe
As legitimate league contenders, D-Y's place in the ACL is a far cry from its JV status when Funk took over four years ago.
In his estimation, after timidly penciling in perennial favorite Plymouth North at the top, figuring out how the league will shake out is a crapshoot.
He sees a team with the necessary chemistry and work ethic to repeat as league champs.
www.boston.com /sports/schools/football/articles/2005/09/03/atlantic_coast_league   (1031 words)

  
 Atlantic League Past Articles on MLN Sports Zone - A Minor League News Magazine
Atlantic League Past Articles on MLN Sports Zone - A Minor League News Magazine
The minor league facelift continues into 2005 as more cities vie to either snatch a team from another berg, or keep their ballclub happy, and local.
His time with the Bears have transformed Rickey into something greater, that may live on in a professional baseball uniform long after the legs and arms are unwilling.
www.minorleaguenews.com /baseball/independent/atlantic/pastarticles.html   (153 words)

  
 North Atlantic Baseball League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Players interested in tryouts should contact the league office to be placed on the mailing list for information and registration materials.
The 1996 North Atlantic Baseball League season ran from June 9th to August 31st..
Six teams in the league: Altoona Rail Kings, Catskill Cougars, Massachusetts Mad Dogs, Nashua Hawks, Newark Barge Bandits, and Welland Aqua-Ducks,battled for the championship in the league's sophomore season, with the Cougars coming out on top.
klx.com /nabl/old   (188 words)

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