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Down And Out In Baseball's Indie Leagues; Or, What Made Tommy John Want To Rake The Infield?A dispatch from our correspondent with the Bridgeport Bluefish, an unaffiliated team in the Atlantic League....

"Goodnight And Good Luck": Kevin-Costner-Owned Minor League Team's Announcer Quits On Air Last week we brought you the peculiar odyssey of the Lake County Fielders, a minor league baseball club in Zion, Ill., owned in part by Kevin Costner. The Fielders' manager — former Blue Jays skipper Tim Johnson — resigned over team-wide pay disputes, many of its players refused to play, and the o...

Minor League Involving Kevin Costner, Jose Canseco, and Pete LaCock Devolves Into Extreme ChaosOne wishes there were a way to succinctly explain what the hell went on this weekend in the North American Baseball League. There isn't, but "mop-up catcher Joey Gathright" gets us pretty close to explaining the weird story of the NABL's Lake County (Ill.) Fielders, owned in part by Kevin Costner....