The St. Joe Blacksnakes were a short-lived pro baseball club based out of St. Joseph, Missouri. The ‘Snakes competed in the first two seasons of the independent American Association in 2006 and 2007. After a competitive debut season, the Blacksnakes endured a dreadful sophomore slump and folded quietly at the end of the 2007 campaign.
Southeastern League (2002-2003) Central Baseball League (2004-2005) American Association (2006-2010) Born: 2002 – Southeastern League founding franchise Moved: December 2010 (Amarillo Sox) First Game: May 31,
The Laredo Lemurs were an independent baseball outfit in the Texas/Mexico border city of Laredo from 2012 through 2016. The team’s investor group persuaded local officials to finance construction of $18 million Uni-Trade Stadium to house the team. The Lemurs won the 2015 championship of the American Association. But attendance dropped precipitously from each season to the next and the troubled club closed up shop in May 17th on the eve of what would have been its sixth season.
All-American Association (2001) Central Baseball League (2002-2005) American Association (2006-2011) North American Baseball League (2012) United League Baseball (2013-2014) Born: 2001 Folded: 2015 First Game: June 1,
Sioux Falls, South Dakota has been a long-time pillar of the independent baseball movement. The local team, the Canaries, have played nearly 30 seasons since forming as one of the original members of the Northern League in 1993. There was a three-year interruption, however, from 2010 to 2012, when new owners took over the Canaries franchise and re-branded the team as the “Fighting Pheasants”. Once this group financially exhausted itself, another group took over and returned the team to the traditional Canaries name in 2013.
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