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Aspen Miners
The Aspen Miners were a minor league baseball team based in Aspen, Colorado. Between 1889 and 1898, Aspen teams played as exclusively as members of the Colorado State League, playing in the 1889, 1895, 1896 and 1898 seasons and capturing the 1898 league championship. The 1889 team was known as the Aspen Silver Kings. Aspen teams hosted minor league home games at Athletic Park. History Minor league baseball began in Aspen, Colorado, when the 1889 Aspen Silver Kings became members of the Independent level Colorado State League. In 1889, Aspen began their first season of minor league play at a new ballfield built with a land donation from David Hyman, owner of the Durant Mine and Smuggler Mine. While in third place with a record of 25–30 under managers Ford and Jim Adams, the Aspen Silver Kings disbanded on July 29, 1889. Aspen was 10.5 games behind the first place Pueblo Ponies (37–21) when the franchise folded. The Colorado Springs (41–34), Denver Solis (12–18) and Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Baseball League
An independent baseball league is a professional baseball organization in the United States or Canada that is not overseen by Major League Baseball and is outside the Minor League Baseball clubs affiliated to it. The Northern League and Frontier League both started play in 1993, and the Northern League's success paved the way for other independent leagues like the Texas-Louisiana League and Northeast League. The Atlantic League has had more marquee players than any other independent league, including Jose Canseco, Mat Latos, Steve Lombardozzi Jr., Francisco Rodríguez, Chien-Ming Wang, Roger Clemens, Rich Hill, Scott Kazmir, Juan González, John Rocker, and Dontrelle Willis. Two former Atlantic League players are in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Tim Raines and Rickey Henderson. Gary Carter, another Hall of Famer, managed in the league. The Atlantic League has had many notable managers and coaches, including Wally Backman, Frank Viola, Tommy John, Sparky L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denver Gulfs
Denver () is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States#State capital, capital, and List of municipalities in Colorado#, most populous city of the United States, U.S. Colorado, state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010 United States census, 2010. It is the List of United States cities by population, 19th-most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. It is the principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the first city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Denver is located in the Western United States, in the South Platte River, South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains (United States), High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Its downtown district is immediately east of the conflue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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