We found a PDF of the 2008 CBL league schedule. Here is the link:
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2008 CBL Players Of The Week
Here is a PDF of a snapshot from the old version of the CBL website. It lists all pitchers of the week and players of the week for the 2008 Continental Baseball League season.
You may download the PDF at this link:
2010 CBL Schedule Mention Before Final Changes
In February 2010 the CBL announced its intended 4-team schedule, which was to include two teams operated by the New York State League — a developmental, pay-to-play league which would promote its players from a developmental league to the CBL. That arrangement fell apart which led to the return of 2009’s Coastal Kingfish to replace the named “West Texas Roadhogs”. The Desert Valley Mountain Lions were kept in the schedule as a travel team, and operated by the league.
Both Ron Baron and Bob Ibach were quoted in the release, and the release mentions previous league championship teams such as the Tarrant County Blue Thunder, Bay Area Toros, and Alexandria Aces. Aspirations of expanding the CBL to Arizona and Colorado for what would have been a 2011 season also were mentioned.
Here is a link to that release:
https://texsportpub.blogspot.kr/2010/02/continental-baseball-league-announces.html
2014 Mention Of CBL On FoxSports.com
In 2014, the Pecos League had a mini-series documentary on Fox Sports 1, so FoxSports.com did a recap of the Pecos League. In the article below you will see a mention of the CBL and the two teams which started the Pecos League (Big Bend Cowboys – now Alpine Cowboys, and the Las Cruces Vaqueros):
https://www.foxsports.com/arizona/story/quirky-pecos-league-taking-hold-in-southern-arizona-060514
Clips of the 2014 Pecos League documentary are on YouTube when you search for the Pecos League.
2009 CBL Team And League-wide Stats
We found the 2009 CBL team season and league-wide season stats on Baseball Reference. Here are some takeaways for the 2009 season:
- 174 games played
- League batting average of .267
- 233 home runs that year
- 1734 RBI that year
- League ERA of 4.92
- 2588 strikeouts
- Fielding percentage of .953
- 633 stolen bases
Here is the link to the full season (regular and post-season combined) stats, with sub-stats available on the appropriate links listed:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/league.cgi?id=b6e09eec
Herald Mail Article About Bob Ibach
Here is a November 2007 article about Bob Ibach, the league’s director of operations:
It covers some of his background in pro baseball and the sports media.
2007 Sports Business Journal Mention Before Start Of Season
Sports Business Journal in March 2007 mentioned the founding of the CBL including the league’s executives. It mentioned Ron and his background growing up in New York. Here is a link to the article:
http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2007/03/20070319/Faces-Places/Inside-Out.aspx
2008 CBL Tryout In Birmingham
We found an article mentioning a CBL tryout which was scheduled to be held in Birmingham, Alabama on October 25, 2008. Here is the link mentioning the tryout:
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/news/20081028/calendar-community-sports
Current professional baseball league tryout opportunities can be found at this resource, run by a former CBL player and team official:
Lewisville Lizards Team Announcement Article Added
We found an article from 2007 about the announcement of the Lewisville Lizards plus the CBL tryout and a Lizards tryout. That article has been added to the Lewisville Lizards page here:
Last MVP Of The CBL
Corey O’Neil, with the 2010 Big Bend Cowboys, was the league’s last MVP. Here is a link to a trivia question about him: