...Former Glenn Hills standout Cephas Howard has positioned himself as one of the top relievers in the independent Northern League. Howard, a pitcher for the Schaumburg Flyers, leads the team with a 1.80 ERA. In 29 relief appearances, he...
...demonstrators who tried to interrupt a speech by European parliament lawmaker Mario Borghezio, a member of the right-wing Northern League party. Borghezio was speaking about freedom of expression and mentioned the publication of the cartoons of the Prophet...
...game that ended in a tie last week. Howard, a pitcher for the Schaumburg Flyers, participated in the independent Northern League All-Star Game as a member of the Great Lakes All-Stars roster Tuesday in Joliet, Ill. The Great Lakes team fought...
...A minor league baseball team has dropped plans to hold a Michael Vick promotion. The Kansas City T-Bones of the Northern League had planned to have a Michael Vick "Welcome to the Neighborhood" night May 28, complete with prison uniforms...
...played in the Cleveland Indians organization last season, was signed by the Boston Red Sox out of the independent Northern League earlier this month. He gave up three runs on five hits and one walk. Arias was a one-man wrecking crew against...
...USC Aiken pitcher Steve Dunham has agreed to a minor league contract with the Joliet Jackhammers of the independent Northern League, the team announced Friday. Dunham went 7-4 with a 2.74 ERA in 15 starts this past season with the Pacers...
...1987-88. LOCAL PLAYER UPDATE: Augusta Christian product Donnie Thomas was released by Elmira of the independent Northern League earlier this month but was re-singed by the club last week. His stats were not available and do not appear in this...
...system, then was released. His career bottomed out when he played for the New Jersey Jackels of the independent Northern League in 1998-99. Philadelphia Phillies reliever Ricky Bottalico was put on the 15-day disabled list with a sore right...
...Reliever Rodney Dickinson certainly has been in command since joining the Jackets late last month out of the independent Northern League. The Fairburn, Ga., native, whose contract was purchased by the Red Sox from the St. Paul (Minn.) Saints...
...heading into Wednesday's game with Toronto. Strawberry previously played with Columbus in 1995 after signing as a free agent, in 1996 after he left the St. Paul Saints of the Northern League, and on an injury rehabilitation in 1997.
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