Continental Baseball League Brings Weekend Exhibition Games To Killeen HS To Benefit Local Police & Education Foundation.Debut of New Independent League--Friday, Saturday & Sunday KILLEEN, Texas Killeen is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States. As of the 2005 census estimate, the city had a total population of 100,233. It is a "principal city" of the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood metropolitan area. -- The dream becomes a reality this weekend. For the past few days, the two fellows who put their heads together in Dallas at the 2005 Winter Baseball meetings have been pinching themselves with anticipation. Ron Baron, a Dallas businessman who grew up in Queens, NY, and had the vision for starting a professional baseball league to make the game affordable for most families, has been awaiting this moment since forging a friendship with former Chicago Cubs executive Bob Ibach. "I started out thinking about putting together a women's pro volleyball league in Texas," remembered Baron, who has more than 20 years of experience in sports law The laws, regulations, and judicial decisions that govern sports and athletes. Sports law is an amalgam of laws that apply to athletes and the sports they play. It is not a single legal topic with generally applicable principles. and administration and founded The Center for Sports Law and Risk Management in Dallas 19 years ago. "But after looking over the potential of volleyball, and then meeting Bob Ibach at the Winter Baseball Meetings, well, we decided to go into Independent League baseball Independent baseball leagues are professional baseball organizations located in the United States and Canada. They are not operated in conjunction with either a major league or an affiliated minor league. instead." The result is a 4-team league featuring the Texas Heat, Lewisville Lizards The Lewisville Lizards are a team of the Continental Baseball League, based in Lewisville, Texas. The team is not affiliated with Major or Minor League Baseball. They play their home games at Farmers Field, starting in the 2007 season. , Tarrant County Blue Thunder The Tarrant County Blue Thunder is a team of the Continental Baseball League, based in Keller, Texas. The team is not affiliated with Major or Minor League Baseball. They play their home games at Charger Field, starting in the 2007 season. and the Bay Area Toros The Bay Area Toros are a team of the Continental Baseball League, based in Texas City, Texas. The team is not affiliated with Major or Minor League Baseball. They play their home games at Robinson Stadium, starting in the 2007 season. . All four franchises will be on display this weekend for area residents to sample. Games are scheduled Friday and Saturday (7 p.m) and Sunday (2 p.m.), with the Heat facing the Blue Thunder on Friday, the Lizards on Saturday and the Toros Toros,a version of Greek word Taurus, may refer to:
A portion of the proceeds from each game will benefit the Killeen Police Department's Law Enforcement Assistance Fund and the Killeen Independent School District's Education Foundation. Tickets for each game are $5 and can be obtained at the gate or in advance at the Greater Killeen Chamber of Commerce (254-526-9551). "This is going to give a lot of youngsters the opportunity to experience playing professional baseball, and a few of the kids are going to play at another level in the minors for a big league organization," said Ibach, the league's director of operations and communications, who was with the Cubs from 1981-89. "Having been involved in major league baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. , I've seen how young prospects can get overlooked. Now they have a chance to be seen and hopefully live out their dream." The CBL's regular 60-game season begins May 25 through August 12. For more information, visit www.CBLproball.com or call 214-234-0018. |
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