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Mar 19, 2024

Video About Joplin Outlaws Joining The Mid America League

This video from KOAM’s YouTube channel covers the Joplin Outlaws joining the Mid America League:

Mar 6, 2024

Texarkana Added To Mid America League

Toward the end of February 2024, the Mid America League announced that Texarkana will be added to the 2024 set of teams. Here are some recent news announcements about Texarkana being named as a new market:

Texarkana Gazette article
KTBS ABC 3 article, which includes a video
BNNbreaking.com

More information can be found on the Texarkana page on this website or on the official league website page for the team:

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Jan 21, 2024

White Oak Piney Woods Ribbon Cutting

Last week the new Piney Woods baseball team had a ribbon cutting at the field in White Oak, Texas. Here is a link recapping the event:

https://www.cleburnetimesreview.com/cnhi_network/white-oak-welcomes-mid-america-league/article_cb69d695-2b3d-5ec0-ac1c-04dc5a5a81a7.html

Team President David Upchurch and former Texas Rangers’ player Matt Perisho (the team’s field manager) were quoted in the article.

Learn more about the Piney Woods team here:

Piney Woods – White Oak

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Jan 21, 2024

New Fort Smith Team Name Announcement

Earlier this week the new Fort Smith team was formally named the Fort Smith Marshals. Here are videos from the press conference announcing the team name:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=al4IuLdpCQ8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNboWQjVYH0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTOPmRS0Ubs

You may learn more about the team name and the team here:

Fort Smith Marshals

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Dec 15, 2023

Abilene Flying Bison Named

Yesterday the new Mid America League team to play in Abilene Texas (Walt Driggers Field) announced the final name chosen from its name the team promotion. The team will be named the Abilene Flying Bison, although on certain games it will play as the Abilene Blue Socks.

Here is the announcement:

https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/abilene-baseball-franchise-announces-team-name-logo/

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Dec 14, 2023

Mention Of New Abilene Team From Local News Channel

We found a recent news clip from the BigCountryHomePage YouTube channel which mentioned the upcoming Abilene team in the Mid America League. The news clip covers recent minor league teams in Abilene. Scott Kirk, President of the new Abilene team (team name still to be announced), spoke in this news clip as well.

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Dec 14, 2023

KXII News Video Clip Of Sherman Shadowcats Team Name Announcement

Yesterday KXII-TV News 12 posted its video featuring the team name announcement for the Sherman Shadowcats. Here is the link to the video if you cannot see it embedded below:

More about the team name announcement, including photos from the press conference, can be seen in the previous post at this link: Sherman Shadowcats team name announcement

If you are interested in tickets, sponsorship, group outings, merchandise and other Shadowcats information then you are welcome to visit the website: Shadowcatsbaseball.com

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Dec 11, 2023

Sherman Shadowcats Team Name Announced

Earlier today, the new Mid America League team’s name was announced. The team will be called the Sherman Shadowcats.

The website is forthcoming (Shadowcatsbaseball.com), and in the meantime all inquiries for tickets, sponsorship, and employment are welcome to go to the league’s website page for the Shadowcats at this link: