Thank you to Mike Olsen (of the Desert Valley Mountain Lions) for providing photos from the 2010 CBL Home Run Derby, which took place in July 2010 in Alpine Texas prior to the 2010 (last-ever) All-Star Game. Mike indicated that he won the Derby, and the photos are now available here: http://www.cblproball.com/all-star-games/2010-cbl-home-run-derby-star-game/
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2009 CBL All-Star Game Recap Added
We found an archive.org snapshot from the old Alexandria Aces’ website which gave a thorough recap of the 2009 CBL All-Star Game. That recap has been added to this page: http://www.cblproball.com/all-star-games/2009-cbl-home-run-derby-star-game/
New Desert Valley Mountain Lions Information Added
We added several new pieces of information to the Desert Valley Mountain Lions’ page on the site, including Lions who made the 2010 CBL All-Star Game roster, the complete roster, images and news about the team which was posted on the team website during the 2010 season. See all of the updates on the team page here: http://www.cblproball.com/teams/desert-valley-mountain-lions/
Robbie Tolan Book Information Added
Robbie Tolan played for the Bay Area Toros and made national news after being shot outside his home in Texas in December 2008. He recently wrote a book, and a video and link to the Amazon page for the book are now on the Toros’ page here:
McKinney Blue Thunder And Bay Area Toros Player Article Added
Just added an article about Tony Rogowski, former McKinney Blue Thunder and Bay Area Toros player, being hired as a strength and conditioning coach for the Washington Nationals organization. The link to that article has been added to the McKinney page here:
2009 Bay Area Toros Player Article Added
Just added a 2009 article about Joel Hartman, of the Bay Area Toros, making the 2009 CBL All-Star roster. The article includes some of his background in the CBL.
The article was added to the Toros’ page here:
Tarrant County Blue Thunder Team Stats
We found an archive of the old Tarrant County Blue Thunder website which has player statistics for the 2007 season:
https://web.archive.org/web/20070831155258/http://www.tarrantproball.com/stats/team/
Alexandria Aces 2009 All-Stars
Found an article which lists the All-Stars in the history of the Alexandria Aces, including the 2009 CBL All-Stars. That link was added to the Aces page here:
2008 CBL Home Run Derby Winner Video Added
Nick Shay won the 2008 CBL home run derby in McKinney, Texas in July 2008. Nick represented the Corpus Christi Beach Dawgs.
A video of his round in the Derby is now added to the page for that event here:
Texarkana Gunslingers And Big Bend Cowboys Catcher On MLB.com And ESPN
Ryan Powell played a few games in the CBL, in 2008 with the Texarkana Gunslingers and 2009 with the Big Bend Cowboys. He got injured but returned in 2011 in the Pecos League to be a player-manager with the Carlsbad Bats and then finished his time with the Trinidad Triggers in 2012.
He joined the Baltimore Orioles in 2013 as a scout for the independent leagues, but then was able to honor his ailing mother by playing a spring training game with the Orioles. Here are the links (including from MLB.com) and a video clip of him on ESPN (all rights go to ESPN, the video was uploaded to Ryan’s YouTube channel) about the story. In some of the articles, the Big Bend Cowboys are mentioned:
- https://www.mlb.com/news/orioles-scout-ryan-powell-plays-for-mom/c-169669498
- http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-spring-training-0401-20160331-story.html
- http://www.baseballessential.com/news/2016/03/25/orioles-sign-ryan-powell-one-last-inning/