Independent Baseball Insider: Vol. 11, No. 31, September 12, 2013 By Bob Wirz Twenty-one years ago when Kash Beauchamp was signed off the St. Paul (MN) Saints’ roster in the Northern League and assigned to Class AA the naysayers were continuing to pooh-pooh the future of this new thing called Independent Baseball.  Those who believed it could succeed likely were in the...Read More

2013 Championship Series: Game Two Box Score Wichita 6, Gary SouthShore 4 (10 Innings) Wichita almost let game two slip through its grasps, but recovered to claim a victory in extra innings. After Gary SouthShore came back from a two-run deficit to tie the score in the bottom of the ninth, the Wingnuts responded with...Read More

2013 Championship Series: Game One Box Scores Gary SouthShore 9, Wichita 4 No lead was safe in game one of the American Association Championship Series. The RailCats and Wingnuts played tug-of-war with the scoreboard, exchanging the lead three times. But, thanks to Daniel Pulfer (pictured) and a four-run RailCats seventh, Gary SouthShore came away with...Read More

DURHAM, NC – Tomorrow night, September 10, 2013, the Wichita Wingnuts and Gary SouthShore RailCats will begin to do battle for the American Association championship. The best-of-five series, beginning in Gary, IN, will feature two Central Division teams who took different paths to get to the same place. But, both sides have the same goal...Read More

By Greg Johns/MLB.com SEATTLE — About 12 hours after learning his grandfather died in nearby Vancouver, British Columbia, left-hander James Paxton won his Major League debut with an impressive six-inning outing Saturday as the Mariners topped the Rays, 6-2, at Safeco Field. Paxton, 24, held the Rays to two runs — one earned — on four hits...Read More

2013 Semifinals: Game Four Box Score Gary SouthShore 3, Fargo-Moorhead 0 The results are in and Gary SouthShore will meet Wichita on Tuesday night in the American Association Championship Series. With a stellar outing by starting pitcher Morgan Coombs (pictured), the RailCats defeated Fargo-Moorhead, 3-0. Gary SouthShore won the best-of-five series, 3-1, moving the club one...Read More

DURHAM, NC – When it comes to power and production, nobody in the American Association could match C.J. Ziegler (pictured). The Wingnuts’ first baseman set a new league record with 30 home runs, led the circuit with 99 RBI and helped drive Wichita to a Central Division title with the best record in American Association...Read More

2013 Semifinals: Game Three Box Scores Gary SouthShore 3, Fargo-Moorhead 1 Thanks to a complete-game, three-hit performance by starter Billy Spottiswood, the Gary SouthShore RailCats find themselves one win away from reaching the American Association Championship series. Spottiswood held the RedHawks’ offense to just one run and struck out five, en route to a 3-1 win...Read More

2013 Semifinals: Game Three Box Scores Wichita 13, Grand Prairie 0 Pitching was undoubtedly the story for the Wingnuts in their semifinals series against the AirHogs. Wichita is heading back to the Championship Series for the second straight year after rattling off three consecutive shutout performances in a sweep of Grand Prairie. The Wingnuts completed...Read More

DURHAM, NC – After capturing his fourth division crown in the past five years, Wichita Wingnuts’ manager Kevin Hooper (left) is back in the playoffs and seeking his first American Association championship. But, before the postseason results are in, the young skipper can already lay claim to a noteworthy title. For the second time since...Read More