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In the always exciting and never boring North American League, the Yuma Scorpions have been sold by Diamond Sports & Entertainment, Inc. and purchased by Godfather Media, Inc. 

Yuma has an unbelievably rich history that many might not be aware of. Since 2005 they have been apart of the Golden Baseball League and North American League. You can say they are one of the founding franchises. In today’s game, an Indy team sticking around for more than a couple years is quite an accomplishment.

As a lifelong fan of the game, it’s difficult to fathom a school with a history over more than 60 years to change conferences, ultimately forfeiting their baseball program. 

 In my recent article about the Southern University Thunderbirds, it was announced by the NCAA, as well as Southern Utah University, that the school was discontinuing the baseball program following the completion of the 2012 baseball season.

World Children’s Baseball Fair now spans 20 years

Los Angeles – Canada’s Tom Valcke was presented a special recognition award on Sunday at the World Children’s Baseball Fair (WCBF) 20th Anniversary Commemorative Award Gala at the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles. The head table at the event also featured a virtual Who’s Who of baseball, including WCBF founders and world homerun kings Hank Aaron and Japan’s Sadaharu Oh, accompanied by Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig, and hall-of-famers Lou Brock and Frank Robinson.

 It’s very difficult to write about baseball teams that discontinue their program but unfortunately that’s the nature of the beast. 

The Southern Utah Thunderbirds will be cancelling their program before the move to the Big Sky Conference in 2012/2013 academic year.