04 March 2041; Tempe, Arizona – The Tempe Stadium Authority has begun their final inspection and certification of the most recent enlargement of Gisolo-Duppa Field in time for the start of the 2041 campaign despite a series of mysterious setbacks which were reported to have occurred throughout the construction process. Construction delays owing to faulty […]
Tempe, AZ; January 3, 2038: In what has become annual tradition in downtown Tempe over recent years, the bulldozers, earth movers, cranes, and architects moved in as the Apollos players and staff packed their belongings following another postseason-less campaign. With the latest in a series of expansions quickly underway, the Van Hauter Group began work […]
July 6th, 2037: In a move that came as a surprise to noone today, the struggling Tempe Apollos sacked Manager Jason Campbell on the heels of a 7-3 loss to the Kalamazoo Badgers. Sitting at 40-41 on the season and 12 games back of the Desert Hills-leading Aurora Borealis, the Tempe front office had grown […]
A huge announcement came at today’s Winter Meetings as the Tempe baseball club officially announced that they will be re-branding the franchise for the upcoming 2037 season and will henceforth be known as the Tempe Apollos. Tempe brass unveiled the new look with star 2B Juan Rincon on hand to model the team’s new home […]
November 12th, 2036 Tenants of the gleaming new Winthrop Towers highrise apartment building in the rejuvenated Rio Salado business district filed a formal complaint against the Tempe Knights organization with the regional court system this week, alleging a noise complaint against the club for ongoing construction at Gisolo Duppa Field. Following the conclusion of […]
Adrian ‘Javelin’ Peterson – Keltner List The first overall selection in the 2015 PEBA draft by the then-Yuma Bulldozers, Adrian Peterson was a light that shined extremely bright for a handful of seasons, and who made the transition from starting to high-leverage relief duty perhaps a bit too early to make him a legitimate […]
Nelson ‘Nails’ Anderson was one of the league’s “Big Bang” players, selected early in the league’s 2007 inaugural draft at the age of 27. Despite this, he produced a star caliber 10 season career for the Crystal Lake Sandgnats, the only PEBA team he ever played for, prior to announcing his retirement following the 2017 […]
February 20, 2036: The Tempe Knights baseball club issued a statement this morning announcing the completion of an expanded left field seating area at GD Field, in response to continued high demand for tickets from the once fickle fanbase. As the club has begun to shows incremental steps towards competitiveness following a 72 win campaign […]
When it opened in 2033, Gisolo-Duppa Field was a shining beacon of hope for the Knights and their return to PEBA. Built in a shade under two years, it became a symbol of the moribund Knights rebirth and their outsized expectations as they re-emerged from the shadow of a near decade in the World Independent […]
In an effort to better catalogue the history of the world’s preeminent Baseball league, the PEBA, Baseball Observers reviewed the draft classes of all 32 current franchises in an effort to select the top 5 as measured by WAR produced. Without further ado: Number 5: 2016, Aurora Borealis – 137.1 WAR Unlike the other […]
