{"id":6284,"date":"2010-07-01T16:04:45","date_gmt":"2010-07-01T23:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seamheads.com\/?p=6284"},"modified":"2010-07-01T16:04:45","modified_gmt":"2010-07-01T23:04:45","slug":"shreveport-claims-title-york-nearly-in-as-numerous-indy-players-named-to-all-star-squads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/01\/shreveport-claims-title-york-nearly-in-as-numerous-indy-players-named-to-all-star-squads\/","title":{"rendered":"Shreveport Claims Title, York Nearly In As Numerous Indy Players Named to All-Star Squads"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shreveport-Bossier, LA<\/strong> has become the first team to wrap up a first half divisional title, currently leading by six games in the American Association\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Southern Division<\/strong> although the York (PA) Revolution <\/strong>have nailed down no less than a tie in the Atlantic League\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Freedom Division <\/strong>with four games to play.\u00c2\u00a0 Ricky Van Asselberg<\/strong>, who led Alexandria<\/strong>, LA <\/strong>to two United League <\/strong>crowns, guides the Captains, <\/strong>who had not been in the playoffs since 2006, <\/strong>while veteran major league catcher Andy Etchebarren<\/strong> is in his first full season with York.<\/p>\n

Maui<\/span><\/strong> Winning Without Fans<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Maui<\/strong>, one of the new entries this season, has built a slim lead in the South \"\"<\/a>Division <\/strong>of the Golden League <\/strong>after a 12-1 homestand, but the team is not yet drawing as Owner Michael Cummings <\/strong>know he needs if Na Koa <\/strong>is going to make it long term on the Hawaiian <\/strong>island.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The average right now is around 500 to 600 fans,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Cummings told The Maui News<\/em>, adding that the team needs to get that total up to around 1,000.\u00c2\u00a0 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The stomping on the ground and the stadium echoing and everything else\u00e2\u20ac\u201dyou get 1,000 people doing that together, this place will just rock.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

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www.AtlanticLeagueBaseball.com<\/a> ADDED TO www.IndyBaseballChatter.com<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

FOR ADDITIONAL INDEPENDENT BASEBALL COVERAGE?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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20 Consecutive Wins and Huge Crowds<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Independent Baseball can now claim what is believed to be the longest winning streak in professional baseball in eight years thanks to Southern Illinois<\/strong> <\/strong>of the Frontier League.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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<\/strong>The Marion<\/strong>-based Miners<\/strong> also have the best record of 2010 at 33-5, which includes at 13 1\/3-game lead in the Western Division.\u00c2\u00a0 Traverse City, MI <\/strong>cooled the Miners off for one night, winning 11-2 Tuesday in the opener of a Miners homestand, but Mike Pinto\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <\/strong>team bounced back 24 hours later, thumping the Beach Bums <\/strong>11-5 when 6,544 fans jammed their way into 4,500-seat Rent<\/strong> One Park<\/strong>. <\/strong>Southern Illinois is averaging 4,348 per home game.<\/p>\n

The Oakland Athletics <\/strong>had a 20-game winning streak in 2002.<\/p>\n

Bevy of Players Selected for All-Star Games<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Not everyone has the high profile of Tanner Scheppers<\/strong>, the hot 23-year-old Texas Rangers <\/strong>prospect only a year removed from pitching in the American Association (St. Paul, MN)<\/strong> who will be in the All-Star Futures Game <\/strong>in Anaheim <\/strong>July 11 (MLB.TV<\/em> <\/strong>and ESPN2).<\/em> But Scheppers is far from being the only player with an Independent Baseball background to be chosen to take part in an affiliated All-Star contest.<\/p>\n

Right-hander Nate Bump<\/strong> (Camden, NJ, Atlantic League)<\/strong>, first baseman John Lindsey (New Jersey, Can-Am League)<\/strong> and outfielder Jay Gibbons (Newark, NJ, <\/strong>and Long Island<\/strong>, NY,<\/strong> Atlantic) all will be in the Triple-A All-Star Game in Allentown<\/strong>, PA<\/strong>, Bump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s home field with Lehigh<\/strong> Valley<\/strong>. <\/strong>First baseman Tagg Bozied (Sioux Falls, SD, <\/strong>then in the Northern League <\/strong>and now in the American Association) <\/strong>will be in the Class AA Eastern League <\/strong>contest while the Southern League <\/strong>has tabbed third baseman Corey Smith <\/strong>(Newark), infielder Mike Costanzo <\/strong>(Camden) and pitcher Austin Bibens-Dirkx (Victoria, Canada, Golden League).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Hoorelbekes Sweep Northern League Awards<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Jesse Hoorelbeke <\/strong>has generally been the more advanced of two baseball brothers, but younger sibling Casey <\/strong>is doing his share for the family name this season in the Northern League.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Casey, <\/strong>riding a scoreless streak of 19.2 innings since June 2 for Fargo<\/strong>, ND<\/strong>, is the Rawlings Pitcher of the Month<\/strong>.\u00c2\u00a0 First baseman\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand RedHawks teammate\u00e2\u20ac\u201dJesse took Player of the Month honors.\u00c2\u00a0 Casey Hoorelbeke paces the earned run average race (1.13) after winning three of four decisions and putting up a 0.41 ERA for the month.\u00c2\u00a0 Jesse bruised league pitchers for 12 home runs in the month (he has a league-leading 14) while driving in 22 runs, scoring the same number and hitting .337.\u00c2\u00a0 Both players were with Bridgeport<\/strong>, CT<\/strong> <\/strong>in the Atlantic League <\/strong>in \u00e2\u20ac\u212209.<\/p>\n

(These are excerpts from the column Bob Wirz writes on Independent Baseball.\u00c2\u00a0 Fans may subscribe at www.WirzandAssociates.com, enjoy his blogs, www.AtlanticLeagueBaseball.com<\/a> and www.IndyBaseballChatter.com<\/a>, or comment to RWirz@aol.com<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The author <\/strong>has 16 years of major league baseball public relations experience with Kansas City and as spokesman for two Commissioners and lives in Stratford, CT.<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shreveport-Bossier, LA has become the first team to wrap up a first half divisional title, currently leading by six games in the American Association\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Southern Division although the York (PA) Revolution have nailed down no less than a tie in the Atlantic League\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Freedom Division with four games to play.\u00c2\u00a0 Ricky Van Asselberg, who led […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":452,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,4746],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-indy-baseball-insider"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6284\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}