Photo Credit: John Ellis/Kansas City T-Bones Less than six weeks removed from his release from the Houston Astros organization, Kansas City T-Bones C Christian Correa is headed back to affiliated baseball. His stint in the American Association has paved the way for his contract to be purchased by the Colorado Rockies. Correa appeared in eight...Read More

Kansas City 8, Sioux Falls 7 (11 innings) – Box Thanks to a five-run fifth inning, the T-Bones led the Canaries in the eighth inning 7-4. Then, C Aaron Gretz hit a run-scoring triple to cut the lead to two. In the bottom of the ninth, the Canaries tied the game, thanks to back-to-back bases loaded...Read More

Sioux City 11, Gary SouthShore 10 – Box Sioux City 1B John Nogowski launched a three-run home run to cap off a five-run rally in the bottom of the ninth inning and give the Explorers a dramatic 11-10 walk-off victory over Gary SouthShore. The RailCats had a 10-6 lead in the ninth with two outs...Read More

Photo Credit: Sioux City Explorers Media Relations After just three games in Independent Baseball, Sioux City Explorers RHP James Needy is headed back to the affiliated ranks. Needy is headed from Sioux City to the Miami Marlins organization, where he will report to the Class A Advanced Jupiter (Fla.) Hammerheads of the Florida State League....Read More

Fargo-Moorhead 4, Sioux City 1 – Box Fargo-Moorhead starting pitcher Mike O’Neal tossed eight sensational innings in leading the RedHawks to a 4-1 win over Sioux City. O’Neal allowed only one unearned run on five hits with no walks and six strikeouts in a 100-pitch effort. The southpaw won his second consecutive start and is...Read More

May 31 Evening Recap Lincoln 4, Texas 3  – Box Center fielder Cesar Valera singled home RF Trever Adams with the game winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning as the Lincoln Saltdogs defeated the Texas AirHogs in a walk-off, 4-3. Lincoln beat Texas in walk-off fashion all three games of the series and...Read More

Winnipeg 5, Sioux Falls 4- Box  The host Goldeyes scored three runs in the first inning and never looked back, taking a 5-4 win over the Canaries on Wednesday morning at Shaw Park. RF David Rohm led off the first inning with a single, and scored on an RBI double by LF Josh Romanski. CF...Read More

Lincoln 4, Texas 3 – Final/11 Innings — Box Score For the second straight night, the Lincoln Saltdogs beat the Texas AirHogs with a walk-off home run. This time it came off the bat of CF Randolph Oduber in the bottom of the 11th inning to provide a 4-3 win. LF Brandon Jacobs, who hit...Read More

Independent Baseball Insider by Bob Wirz It took only one season and about one-third of another after putting up breath-taking numbers in the American Association for birthday boy John Brebbia (pictured) to become a major league pitcher. Brebbia, a Floridian who turned 27 today (Tuesday), made his debut with the St. Louis Cardinals in Denver Sunday,...Read More

Durham, N.C. — Directorship groups in the American Association include a growing number of connections to Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League, the National Basketball Association and Major League Soccer. League commissioner Miles Wolff commented, “The fact that so many of our owners have strong ties to major league organizations shows the strength of...Read More