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CAN-AM SEASON KICKS OFF THURSDAY
Jackals to play first interleague game
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Durham, NC- The Can-Am League opens its eighth season this Thursday. The 2012 season will feature interleague play between two of North America’s best independent leagues. Clubs from the Can-Am League and the American Association will play 100 interleague games. To start it off, the New Jersey Jackals of the Can-Am League will visit the Kansas City T-Bones of the American Association. LHP Isaac Pavlik (pictured) will start on the mound for the Jackals, with first pitch scheduled for 7:05 PM (CST).
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FORMER JACKAL VALDES PROMOTED TO PHILADELPHIA
By Spencer Fordin / MLB.com
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The Philadelphia Phillies patched their big league roster with a player from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Friday, when they purchased the contract of former New Jersey Jackals LHP Raul Valdes (pictured). He will be in uniform for Friday night's series opener against the Padres.
Valdes went 7-3 with a 2.81 ERA for the Jackals in 2006.
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THE STORIES KEEP GETTING BETTER WITH THAT OF STU POMERANZ ONE OF THE BEST
Independent Baseball Insider by Bob Wirz Vol. 10, No. 15, May 10, 2012
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Stu Pomeranz’s (pictured) meteoric climb to the major leagues has all the makings of one of the great sagas not only of 2012 but of these first 20 seasons since Independent Baseball emerged from the ashes.
It will get better if he can throw meaningful innings for the Baltimore Orioles, but it already has plenty of drama to satisfy those who write Hollywood scripts.
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LOOK FOR ONETIME CAN-AM LEAGUER IN BALTIMORE BULLPEN TONIGHT
Indy Baseball Chatter by Bob Wirz
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It is being widely reported today that onetime Can-Am League starter Stuart Pomeranz will be active in the hot Baltimore Orioles bullpen tonight when they entertain Texas.
The 27-year-old right-hander has been awesome all spring, as we have been reporting in the Independent Baseball Insider.
Presuming the promotion becomes fact, Pomeranz will become the first former Independent player to get his initial call to the major leagues in 2012. Nine players got a similar thrill last season.
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21 NY FEDERALS REMAIN ACTIVE
Independent Baseball Insider By Bob Wirz Vol. 10, No. 14, May 3, 2012
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It is a tribute to New York State League Founder Jay Acton and Scott Nathanson (pictured), who managed the NYSL-supplied traveling Can-Am League team known as the New York Federals last season, that at least 21 of the players are reporting to Independent league spring training camps this month. It was very seldom that a Federals player had previous professional experience before last season.
Nathanson’s rundown of the Federals shows that five players are expected in Frontier League camps, four in the Can-Am, two in the American Association, one in the North American League and another nine in the second-year Pecos League in New Mexico, Texas and Colorado.
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GATHRIGHT PRAISES CANSECO'S CONDITIONING AND STRENGTH
Independent Baseball Insider by Bob Wirz Vol. 10, No. 13, April 26, 2012
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The biggest name as well as one of the bigger bodies the Can-Am League will have when its season opens May 17 belongs to onetime Hall of Fame shoo-in Jose Canseco, who will play for new Manager Chip Plante with the Worcester (MA) Tornadoes. I asked veteran major leaguer Joey Gathright for a scouting report on the current day playing talent of Canseco (pictured), who turns 48 on July 2, since he played with and for player-Manager Canseco in Yuma, AZ (North American League) much of last season
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