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  Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Canadian-American Association is a new name for a league with ties to two independent leagues, the Northeast League (formed in 1995), and the Northern League.
The two leagues merged in 1998, but after the 2002 season, the Northeast League was reestablished as a separate league.
For the 2005 season, the Northeast League reconstituted as the Canadian-American Association and acquired a new team in Worcester, Massachusetts, to replace the Allentown Ambassadors, who folded days before the 2004 season began and forced the league to field a traveling team called the Aces.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Northeast_League   (222 words)

  
 northeast_league
League matches are held from October through February, begin around 3:45 p.m., and conclude around 5:15 p.m..
The format of league matches is nearly identical to that of the WOSU-TV Tournament, except that in league play each half begins with team questions and substitutions can be made at halftime.
The league secretary (and chief organizer) is Westerville North social studies teacher Harding Kirchoff.
www.bexley.k12.oh.us /hslib/ITK/northeast_league.htm   (185 words)

  
 Independent Baseball Page
The Northern League and Northeast League have merged in 1999.
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 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)

  
 Baseball
In Major League Baseball the longest game played was a 26-inning affair between the Brooklyn Robins (now called the Los Angeles Dodgers) and Boston Braves (now in Atlanta) on May 1, 1920 (the game ended in a 1-1 tie called on account of darkness).
Historically, teams in one league never played teams in the other until the World Series, in which the champions of the two leagues played against each other; this changed in 1997 with the advent of interleague play.
Meanwhile, the Northeast League of Professional Baseball began play in 1995 as a six-team league based entirely in New York State.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/b/ba/baseball.html   (4491 words)

  
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Feature -- Northeast League Merges with Northern League ======================================================= In an announcement that took nearly everyone by surprise, the Northeast League announced May 21 that it was merging with another independent league in the Midwest, the Northern League, effective next season.
The Northern League is the granddaddy of modern independent baseball, having fielded teams in the upper Midwest and southern Canada since 1993.
The leagues also have to make some accommodation about different rules: the Northern League, like most other minor leagues, uses the designated hitter, while the Northeast League dropped the DH before the 1998 season.
www.klx.com /guide/news/19980526.txt   (1585 words)

  
 The Middletown Press - Sports - 10/21/2003 - Yale Field may get another tenant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Handelman said he was not at liberty to say which Northeast League franchise would be moving to New Haven, but the Register has previously reported that the Black Bears, who averaged fewer than 1,000 fans last season, the lowest in the league, are looking to relocate to New Haven.
The Northeast League is a short-season independent league that has 46 home dates between late May and the end of August.
Handelman, who is a minority owner of the Brockton Rox of the Northeast League, is in the process of putting together an ownership group for a New Haven franchise, as well as having begun the process of finding a general manager.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10350493&BRD=1645&PAG=461&dept_id=17758&rfi=6   (548 words)

  
 Independent Baseball Leagues
The Northeast League has joined the Northern League in 1999 and ended their partnership after the 2002 season.
Canadian Baseball League held a draft in 2002 and severely hurt themselves in the press when it was announced they draft many 9th and 10 grade ball players and 14 year old Danny Almontee.
The league's three most successful franchises were Victoria, B.C., which averaged 1,681 fans; Calgary, which averaged 1,201; and London, Ont., which averaged 731.League officials say they will reorganize and open in 2004.Meanwhile Canadian Baseball League players are seeking jobs in other independent league and affiliated baseball.
www.angelfire.com /vt/prospectwatch/index97.html   (2805 words)

  
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the New Jersey Jackals are the 1998 Northeast League Champions.
The Glens Falls Redbirds led the NY-Penn league in attendence in 1993 but moved to N.J. because this was the plans for the team by the parent Cardinals, using Glens Falls while the stadium got built.
However, in the 1990s as the price to attend a major league game approached $100 for a family of four and the players became very distant from the average fan, new independant leagues formed with the propose of returning baseball to its grass roots.
cold.htmlplanet.com /baseball.html   (1225 words)

  
 Independent league shows interest in Utica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Northeast League is not affiliated with Major League Baseball.
It's players are mostly former minor league prospects in their early- to mid-20s, and the level of play is rated slightly above the Class A level.
None of this is lost on Northeast League Commissioner Miles Wolff, a former Blue Sox owner who has long wanted to bring a Northeast League team to Utica.
www.uticaod.com /archive/2004/05/21/sports/33022.html   (647 words)

  
 The Register Citizen - Sports - 09/28/2003 - New Haven’s minor league dreams
Northeast League Commissioner Miles Wolff will be in town next week on a fact-finding mission that could accelerate the pace toward minor league baseball at Yale Field as soon as 2004.
Wirz estimated that the Northeast League -- which is also expected to debut in a new stadium in Danbury next year -- would need to draw approximately 2,000 paying customers per game.
But I do know that if the Northeast League comes in, they’ll come in with a real good operation, and for 46 dates, as opposed to 72 dates, they’re going to promote everything that’s good about minor league baseball.
www.registercitizen.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=10234789&BRD=1652&PAG=461&dept_id=464186&rfi=6   (770 words)

  
 Northeast Baseball League
The Northeast League is one of several independent minor leagues to come onto the scene in recent years.
The Northeast League had its inaugural season inn 1995 with six teams in upstate New York.
In 1997 the league has expanded to eight teams, including two expansion franchises and two teams from the former North Atlantic Baseball League.
klx.com /northeast   (137 words)

  
 Campanelli Stadium | Brockton Rox | CanAm League
The Northeast league formed in 1995 and was based entirely in New York state.
In 2003 they split from the Northern League to reform the Northeast League (now CanAm League) because they felt like they were loosing their identity as a league.
The final moves that allowed the Northeast League to split was the moving of one of the weaker franchises to a new stadium in Bangor, ME and the folding of a weak franchise and opening a new one in Lynn, MA.
www.projectballpark.org /ne/rox.html   (430 words)

  
 NORTHEAST RACING LEAGUE -- NASCAR Racing 4 Online Racing League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Northeast Racing League will use a points system similar to NASCAR's "Case For The Championship" format for the fall 2004 season and beyond.
Since the number of drivers competing this season in NRL is still not determined, neither has the number of drivers that will be entered in the Chase For The Championship.
However, league administrators have said that with a small field, the number of drivers will be 4; with a larger field, it will be 5.
www.freewebs.com /nrln4/leaguerulesregulations.htm   (566 words)

  
 Pro Baseball Tryouts - Leagues
The Northern League was a runaway success thanks to its swashbuckling atmosphere, savvy owners and presence of a many ex major leaguers such as Daryl Strawberry, Jack Morris, Glenn Davis, Pedro Guerrero, Leon Durham and (1997 College Player of the Year) J.D. Drew.
The League will allow communities to experience the wonder of America's pastime and give children of all ages their first exposure to the great game of professional baseball.
The league played a 68 game schedule for players 18-24 years old with no more than one year professional experience, but was mostly made up of un-drafted college players.
www.probaseballtryouts.com /leagues.htm   (568 words)

  
 Last Chance for gas for 300 Internet miles
Please note that the Northeast League has merged with the Northern League and is now known as the Northern league and that my page is only concerned with the NorthEast League from 1995 to 1998.
Border League This page is a tribute to the Class C Border Baseball League from 1946 to 1951.
United Hockey League The league that the Mohawk Valley Prowlers are in.
www.cold.htmlplanet.com   (1773 words)

  
 Cougars sitting out '99
The Northeast League's Catskill Cougars and their Mountaindale ballpark are for sale, and the club will not play this season.
With the Northeast League's new association with the bigger Northern League, "It's honestly a stretch in a small market," said Northeast League executive director Mike McGuire.
The legal fight is with Jay Acton, former Northeast League executive and co-founder.
www.th-record.com /1998/12/23/cougar23.htm   (507 words)

  
 Russian League Baseball   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Northeast League Official Site: ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Rightfielder Josh Wilke hit a grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning to propel the Allentown Ambassadors to a 7-3 victory over the Russian National Team at Bicentennial Park Sunday afternoon.
The victory was the first of the exhibition season for the Ambassadors, while the Russians ended their five-game, four-day tour of Northeast League teams with an 0-5 record.
Russian-born Victor Cole, a Memphis, Tenn., resident and former major leaguer with the Pittsburgh Pirates, is touring with the Russians and pitched a scoreless eighth inning for them.
www.geocities.com /Colosseum/Stadium/8296/neltour2003   (855 words)

  
 Northeast Regional League Main Page
The Northeast Regional League is a full sanctioned, Sub-regional League under Region I. This year the league will be administered by Region I Administrators.
Champions of the Northeast Regional League WILL NOT be considered for the Premier League Wildcards (U14–U18) for the US Youth Soccer Region I Championships.
The Premier League Wildcard is granted to the Champion* of the REGION I PREMIER LEAGUE.
www.region1.com /RegionalLeagues/Northeast/main.htm   (147 words)

  
 Main Line Times - News - 08/25/2004 - Shipley to join Friends' League in 2005
We developed a relationship with different schools and coaches in the league, and from that standpoint it will be difficult to leave.
Friends' Central, Westtown School and the George School are the three Friends' League teams that are joining the Northeast League next spring - Academy of New Church, another Friends' League school, already was part of the Northeast League.
Last spring, the Northeast League included public schools such as North Penn, which is moving to the Suburban League for the 2005 season.
www.zwire.com /site/news.cfm?BRD=1676&dept_id=43829&newsid=12777939&PAG=461&rfi=9   (851 words)

  
 Central League Baseball - Official Site - Staff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Miles Wolff, the Central Baseball League commissioner, founded the first modern independent league when six cities in the Upper Midwest and Canada began play in the Northern League in 1993.
Wolff served as the commissioner of the Northeast League from 2003-2004.
From 1998-2002 he was president of the Northern League and was also president of the Northeast League in 2003-2004.
www.centralleaguebaseball.com /staff.html   (814 words)

  
 New Haven Register - Sports - 05/24/2004 - Cutting its own moldNew Haven’s league independent, but one of ...
The league, started in 1995, provides an opportunity for those previously released from major league-affiliated teams or undrafted free agents to continue playing, in hopes of receiving another shot to prove themselves.
True, there are undeniable differences between the Northeast League and the Double-A Eastern League, where the affiliated Ravens competed for 10 years until they were sold and relocated to New Hampshire this season.
Wolff is also confident the league can succeed in New Haven despite the Ravens’ waning success in their final years.
www.nhregister.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=11777697&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=7592&rfi=6   (893 words)

  
 NortheastBasketballLeague   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Northeast Basketball League (NBL) is a student-governed men’s recreational basketball league at Northeast Alabama Community College.
The league was founded by Nick Jones and Blake Hulgan with the aid and supervision of Northeast Alabama Community College President Dr. David Campbell, Faculty Sponsor Larry Windsor, Financial Aid Officer Nicky Willmon, and Director of High School and College Relations Susan Barron.
One of the many facets on which the league prides itself is the combination of the actual basketball game with the executive operations.
www.nacc.cc.al.us /stuservices/NBL.htm   (462 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / Baseball / Minor leagues / New Haven to get Northeast League team   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
An agreement has been reached to move a minor league baseball team from Massachusetts to Yale Field, the New Haven Register reported Wednesday.
Under the agreement, the Berkshire Black Bears, of the independent Northeast League, would move Connecticut in time to start play in May.
The Northeast League plays a shortened season of 46 home games from late May until the end of August.
www.boston.com /sports/baseball/minors/articles/2003/12/10/new_haven_to_get_northeast_league_team   (247 words)

  
 WWW.DIGITALBALLPARKS.COM - Can-Am / Northeast League (IND) Gallery of Ballparks and Stadiums
In 1999, Miles Wolfe, commissioner of the the famed Northern League, formed a merger with the North East League.
The NEL became known as the Northern League East Division, utilizing the best of the ballparks of the earlier league.
The Northern League served well as they were already a "household name", to boost attendance.
www.digitalballparks.com /Northeast.html   (114 words)

  
 league northeast soccer youth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
1 Premier League, the Northeast Premier League, the Eastern NY Premier League, the Super Y League and the Westchester Youth Soccer League.
Based in Columbia, South Carolina, The Northeast Columbia Soccer Association (NECSA) is a non-profit organization established in the mid-1980s by the...
Northeast Youth Soccer Organization (NEYSO) is focused on providing an environment whereby the youth of our area can have fun while learning the game...
basekbf.info /sp/ysb/league-northeast-soccer-youth   (220 words)

  
 Northern League
The former major league player and manager joins Joliet after leading the Winnipeg Goldeyes to eight playoff appearances in his ten years as manager with the team.
The Northern League of Professional Baseball announced Monday that the 2006 structure of the league will consist of eight teams in two divisions.
It was also announced that the owners of the league’s eight teams have unanimously agreed to an historic solidarity designed to strengthen the present and future of the league.
www.northernleague.com   (267 words)

  
 La Leche League of Northeast Florida
The mission of La Leche League International is to help mothers worldwide to breastfeed through mother-to-mother support, encouragement, information and education, and to promote a better understanding of breastfeeding as an important element in the healthy development of the baby and the mother.
La Leche League is an international, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization dedicated to providing education, information, support, and encouragement to women who want to breastfeed.
The La Leche League logos are registered trademarks of La Leche League International.
www.lllusa.org /FL/web/NEFlorida.html   (276 words)

  
 Ballpark Digest -- No more Northeast League; hello Can-Am League
The Northeast League is no more, replaced with the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball, Ltd. was formed, comprising an independent baseball league to be known as the Can-Am League.
At least one additional team is expected to be announced as a Member in the Can-Am League in the near future.
The Members have joined the Can-Am League to strengthen their commitment to each other to offer the very best in independent, professional baseball to their fans.
www.ballparkwatch.com /news/2004/october/No_more_Northeast_League_hello_Can_Am_League.html   (618 words)

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