This page is dedicated to the South Louisiana Pipeliners independent baseball team. It played one season, during the 2009 Continental Baseball League season. The team only played a few home games with the majority being on the road that year.
When the league first announced the team, there was a mistake in the memo sent so the team’s name initially went out as the “Pipe Fighters” instead of the “Pipeliners”. Here are the two links:
The following three images are from this article back in 2009: https://www.iberianet.com/sports/an-old-tradition/article_34d15ab9-5437-5944-ae37-d7eed0a9b1e5.html
Full photo credit goes to Lee Ball and The Daily Iberian
Jean Castro takes a swing during the South Louisiana Pipeliners’ game Thursday. – Lee Ball / The Daily Iberian
Lee Huggins of the South Louisiana Pipeliners trots home after home a home run against the Coastal Kingfish on Thursday. – Lee Ball / The Daily Iberian
Corey Bass pitches Thursday for the South Louisiana Pipeliners at Acadian Ballpark. – Lee Ball / The Daily Iberian
The following image’s photo credit goes to HoumaTimes.com (The Times Online):
Videos
Here is the playlist of all videos pertaining to the Pipeliners:
From The Original South Louisiana Pipeliners Website (May 2009)
Here is some content which is still available, but unfortunately the images/photos which were on SLproball.com website at the time are not visible. If we are able to recover them one day then they will be added to this page.
South Louisiana Pipeliners (Home Page Archive)
The South Louisiana Pipeliners are an independent prospect team filled with some of the top professional baseball prospects from around the globe. The players are hand picked by our professional scouts to train and showcase their baseball skills so that we can develop a “Pipeline” of players into major league affiliations and other professional baseball leagues. The Pipeliners will compete in a 60 game schedule in the Continental Baseball League for the 2009 season. The team will be based out of Morgan City, LA from May 6 thru August 30th where they will use S.L. Sports Academy as the official training center of the South Louisiana Pipeliners.
The South Louisiana players will be a valuable asset to the local community as they…
Make public appearances at local community events
Work with youth players at local summer baseball camps
Instruct youth players at local baseball academy
Staff Page
Manager: David Angeron
David Angeron, of Morgan City, Louisiana, spent 3 years in independent professional baseball including a league championship with the 2002 Pensacola Pelicans. In 2003, 17 of Angeron’s players advanced, receiving contracts to play at a higher level of professional baseball. Prior to coaching professional baseball, David spent 5 seasons as a high school baseball coach which included 5 play-off appearances, 3 district championships, and 2-time “Coach of the Year” honors. Angeron has now returned to his home town where he is a scout for the Milwaukee Brewers and owner of S.L. Sports Academy (www.slsportstraining.com)
Field Coordinator Sammy Torreira
Sammy Torreira : A Cuban American from Miami , has worked with the Global Scouting Bureau as a regional scout for college and professional baseball since 2001.
In 2002 Sammy was the General Manager / Player with the Selma Cloverleafs of the Southeastern Professional Baseball League.
In 2003 Torreira was a Player/Coach/Administrator with the Montreal Royals of the Canadian Baseball League under 12yr Major Leaguer, Gary Roenicki.
He currently works as an ASSOCIATE SCOUT for the Milwaukee Brewers and an Instructor/Coach for Light’s Out Baseball Academy in San Antonio, Texas.
