An investor, wanting to bring a summer college baseball league team to Mequon, WI has been told he can invest his money in a baseball field if he wants, but he can’t bring a team …

The Prospect League has announced the addition of a new franchise in Beckley, West Virgina.  The new team will be called the West Virginia Miners.
The Miners will play their home games at Linda K. Epling …

The Prospect League has announced that they have added a new team in Illinois.  The new team, the DeKalb County Liners, will be based in Sycamore, Illinois, about an hour west of Chicago.
The new team …

The Danville Dans of the Prospect League have hired former major leaguer Steve Bieser to be their head coach next year.  He takes over a Dans team that finished fifth out of six teams in …

The Quincy Gems capped off an excellent season by defeating the Chillicothe Paints two-games-to-one to capture the championship of the Prospect League.  Entering the championship series, the Gems were the top rated team in the …

The Prospect League has announced their year-end awards for the 2009 baseball season.  The winners include Player of the Year Tyler Bullock (Richmond River Rats), Pitcher of the Year Rusty Shellhorn (North Coast Knights), and …

The Prospect League has announced their first ever Players of the Week.  They are left fielder Jordin Hood of the Quincy Gems and Slippery Rock Sliders pitcher Andrew Morris.
Hood hit .400 for the week with …

The Dubois County Bombers of the Prospect League have hired Zach Barrett and Grant Bellak as assistant coaches under head coach Brian Smiley for the 2009 campaign.  Although both new coaches are young, Smiley expects …

The Butler (PA) BlueSox of the Prospect League have named Glenn Sharrer to be pitching coach for the 2009 season.  Sharrer is currently an assistant baseball coach at slippery Rock High School.
Sharrer is a product …

The Hannibal (MO) Cavemen have named six coaches to their staff for their inaugural Prospect League season.  Jay Hemond will serve as head coach and will be assisted by former major leaguers Jim Kaat, Don Buford, …

The Springfield (IL) Sliders of the Prospect League will have some big names coaching them in 2009.  The team has announced that former MLB four-time all-star Jack Clark will serve as the team’s head coach.  …

The North Coast Knights of the Prospect League have announced the hiring of two coaches.  The team’s head coach will be Andy Jarvis.  Jarvis is currently as assistant coach at Texas Tech.  Prior to becoming …

The Chillicothe Paints of the Prospect League have announced the hiring of Brian Mannino as head coach.  Mannino is co-founder of MAX Sports Center in Columbus, OH and is owner of Mannino’s Grand Slam USA …

The Butler BlueSox of the Prospect League have announced the hiring of head coach Jason Wuerfel.  Wuerfel currently serves as the Vice President and Director of Baseball Operations for the Traverse City Beach Bums of …

Pete Paciorek will return to the Danville Dans for his third year at the helm of the Prospect League team.  Paciorek, who was named league coach of the year in 2008, is currently the head …

The new Prospect League will see its first action on the field during the summer of 2009, but the off field action was hot and heavy during the off-season.  The former Central Illinois Collegiate League …