Pecos League Claims Success in Bakersfield, Will Return in 2018

Pecos League commissioner Andrew Dunn freely acknowledges the irony of Bakersfield hosting one of the league’s All-Star Games on Wednesday night a year after the city lost its longtime California League franchise because no one wanted to go to the games.  Read more here.

Pecos League to Amarillo Decision Delayed, Dunn Told to Hold Off Selling Tickets

The Potter County (TX) Commissioners Court agreed Monday to put a two-week hold on their decision to allow the Pecos League to be a 2017 summer tenant in Potter County Memorial Stadium.  League commissioner Andrew Dunn had jumped out ahead of the process by announcing the team after agreeing to a sublease to use the ballpark and was asked to hold off on selling tickets for now.  Read more here.  Read background here.

Pecos League Makes Pitch in Bisbee, Douglas Being Eyeballed Too

Pecos League commissioner Andrew Dunn was in Bisbee (AZ) Wednesday to make a pitch to use historic Warren Ballpark for the proposed Bisbee Blue franchise.  He is reportedly also eyeballing nearby Douglas (AZ) for a second team to bring the circuit to 10.  Two weeks ago, it was reported that Safford (AZ) was a targeted market for the proposed Safford Cottonmouths.  Read more here.

Pecos League Targeting Bisbee and Safford

Pecos League commissioner Andrew Dunn is not satisfied with just eight teams in his indy pro (well, sort of) circuit.  He would like to see two expansion teams in Arizona — the Bisbee Blue and Safford Cottonmouths — to take the field as early as 2014.  He plans to make his pitch to use historic Warren Ballpark in Bisbee on Nov. 13.  Read more here.

Pecos League Chief: We Could Look Like Idiots

You’ve got to love no-filter statements by Andrew Dunn, commissioner of the indy pro Pecos League.  A story in the Santa Fe newspaper about a man who took a painful tumble down the steps at Fort Marcy Ballpark, home of the Santa Fe Fuego, provides a few choice quotes by Dunn about Santa Fe ballpark fixes, a Fox Sports crew filming the Trinidad Triggers for a reality TV show, and the Raton

No Pecos League in Abilene, Kemp Looks to American Assocation

The start-up Pecos League prematurely announced back in April a series of neutral site games in Abilene in 2011 and awarded an expansion franchise to Richard Kemp, owner of the Abilene Blue Sox, for 2012.  The games didn’t happen and the franchise is a no go, because a deal could not be reached to use McMurry University’s Driggers Field.  Beyond Driggers, Kemp was talking about using an improved

Andrew Dunn on Carlsbad Series: ‘Worst Decision I’ve Made…’

Pecos League commissioner Andrew Dunn isn’t happy with his decision to play a series of games in Carlsbad (NM), as evidenced by a few majorly blunt quotes in the local paper.  The hope was that a strong turnout could put the community on the map for 2012 expansion, but poor attendance (a mere 23 for Game 1 on Sunday) puts that idea in serious jeopardy.  Read more here.

Osos Owner/GM Resigns, New GM on Board

The upstart Pecos League can’t catch a break.  Clyde Woods, who was leasing the Riodoso (NM) Osos from the league and serving as the team’s GM, has resigned to focus on a commercial painting business, but the reality is that franchise disrupting reports were beginning to surface about a fatal shooting in 2005 where Woods plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter.  Beyond this, there are obvious economic

Pecos League Commish Apologizes, Revises Code of Conduct

Pecos League Commissioner Andrew Dunn has apologized to fans for the incident in Roswell on Saturday night, when he rushed the field with a metal folding chair over his head to break up a bench-clearing fight after a questionable call.  The league’s code of conduct has also been revised.  Read more here.

Pecos League Commissioner Storms Field with Folding Chair During Roswell Brawl

Things got a little bush league in the Pecos League on Saturday, when a brawl broke out after a coach shoved an umpire.  Pecos League chief and owner of the Las Cruces Vaqueros Andrew Dunn then shocked fans when he rushed the field with a mighty folding chair raised above his head to — we think — stop the fight.  The police were called and a report was taken, but no one was arrested.  Read more and view news clip here.