Independent Baseball Trivia What was the name of the mascot (Zooperstar) which did a dance-off between innings with one of the 2007 Frontier League All-Stars? Answer: Shark McGwire Video here: Thanks to fans: David, Viktor, Marlene, Jim, Tanis, Gary, Chip, Melinda The post Name Of Zooperstar Mascot At 2007 Frontier League All-Star Game first appeared on Independent Professional Baseball Trivia and History. Original article: Name Of Zooperstar Mascot At 2007 Frontier League All-Star Game ..read more

Independent Baseball Trivia Question Since 1993, how many independent professional baseball teams have had the word “Thunder” as part of the team’s name? Answer: Nine.  Current teams (2) = Plattsburgh Thunderbirds (Empire League) and the Windy City Thunderbolts (Frontier League).  Former teams (7) = Amarillo Thunderheads Coastal Bend Thunder McAllen Thunder McKinney Blue Thunder Tarrant County Blue Thunder Texas Thunder Thunder Bay Whiskey Jacks Resource: Former Teams Thanks to fans of this site: Ben, Chad, Lynn, Todd, Nick, Joel, Devin, Miranda, Brooks, Michael, Jim The post Inde ..read more

Independent Baseball Trivia Question Who was the manager of the 2012 Sonoma County Grapes road/travel team which played in the North American League?   Answer: Joe Morello.  Confirmation here: https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/roster/t-sg14619/y-2012 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonoma_County_Grapes Thanks to fans of the site: Nick, Adan, Ben, Todd, Michael, IC, Randy, Whitney, Hayden, Cody, Sammy, The post Manager Of The Sonoma County Grapes first appeared on Independent Professional Baseball Trivia and History. Original article: Manager Of The Sonoma County Grapes ..read more

Independent Baseball Trivia Question Going back to the 1993 season when the Frontier League started, how many of the league’s seasons had a team named the “Greys”? Answer: 8 of the seasons, including the 2022 season.  Here are the years and which teams: 1993 Zanesville Greys 1994 Zanesville Greys 1995 Zanesville Greys 1996 Zanesville Greys 1997 x 1998 x 1999 x 2000 x 2001 x 2002 x 2003 x 2004 x 2005 x 2006 x 2007 x 2008 x 2009 x 2010 x 2011 x 2012 x 2013 Frontier Greys 2014 Frontier Greys 2015 Frontier Greys 2016 x 2017 x 2018 x 2019 x 2020 x 2021 x 2022 Empire State Greys   Thank ..read more

Independent Baseball Trivia Question Which players on the Beaumont Bullfrogs (1994 Texas-Louisiana League) had Major League Baseball playing experience at some point in their careers?   Answer: Doug Piatt, Charlie Kerfeld, Eric Hetzel and Mark Bailey.  Kerfeld also served as the team’s manager. https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/roster/t-bb10381/y-1994   Thanks to friends of this website Zanesville Ben Grayson Dina Crowell Arlen Michael Tony   The post Four Players On Beaumont Bullfrogs With MLB Experience first appeared on Independent Professional Baseball Trivia and ..read more

Independent Baseball Trivia Question The Mount Rainier Professional Baseball League lasted only a few games when the league started in 2015.  Of the six teams in the league, which team name was the only one which existed prior to the MRPBL starting? Answer: The Grays Harbor Gulls played in the Western Baseball League from 1995-1997, with the 1998 season being mainly played as a road/travel team called the Western Warriors. https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Mount_Rainier_Professional_Baseball_League https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Grays_Harbor_Gulls https://www.statscre ..read more

Independent Baseball Trivia Question Where did the Minneapolis Loons play their home games when in the North Central League and Prairie League (1994 and 1995 respectively)?    Answer: Siebert Field in Minneapolis.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siebert_Field Video from one of those games was found here, against the Brainerd Bears:   Thank you to friends of this website: Harman Crowell Dias Todd H&H Tony Ethos TM Dan Matt     The post Home Stadium Of The Minneapolis Loons first appeared on Independent Professional Baseball Trivia and History. Original ar ..read more

Independent Baseball Trivia Question When Eri Yoshida (the “Knuckle Princess”) debuted with the Chico Outlaws in the Golden Baseball League, what was her uniform number?   Answer: #3  Video here:   Thanks to friends who support this website: Ohio Todd Jim Donavan Parsec Kristen Devin Wolfie D   The post Uniform Number Worn By Debuting Eri Yoshida first appeared on Independent Professional Baseball Trivia and History. Original article: Uniform Number Worn By Debuting Eri Yoshida ..read more

Independent Baseball Trivia Question What was the final score of the 2004 Northern League All Star Game?   Answer: The South defeated the North by a final score of 8-5.  Here are links about the game, the box score, and audio clip from the broadcast of that game. https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/northern-league-announces-pitchers-and-reserves-for-2004-all-star-game/n-3059238 http://www.nlfan.com/league/allstar/allstar04.shtml   Thanks to friends of this website: Michael Donovan Devin Richard James Harry The post Final Score Of 2004 Northern League All Star Gam ..read more

Independent Baseball Trivia Question What was the final Pacific Assocation’s exhibition game in the Spring of 2013 before the first regular season game in the league’s history?   Answer: East Bay Lumberjacks vs. the San Rafael Pacifics from May 24, 2013.  Video of that game here:   Thank you to friends of this website: Jim Ben Cody Devin Arlen Karen Kevin GL Connor Luke The post Last Exhibition Game Before First Pacific Association Regular Season Started first appeared on Independent Professional Baseball Trivia and History. Original article: Last Exhibition Game Before First P ..read more