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Desert Rats cease operations

EDWARD CARIFIO - @YSEDWARDCARIFIO

The America West Baseball League announced Thursday that the Yuma Desert Rats have ceased operations.Details of the split between owner Tim Ferguson and league CEO Michael Cummings were not available – Ferguson said there was a non-disclosure f... Full story

Desert Rats building around local talent

EDWARD CARIFIO - @YSEDWARDCARIFIO

New Yuma independent baseball team owner Tim Ferguson uses the words “community” and “local” frequently in his public appearances.Last week, the Desert Rats owner made a pair of roster moves to back up those words.Ferguson ann... Full story

Yuma baseball team putting vote for new mascot

BY EDWARD CARIFIO @YSEdwardCarifio

The Yuma Panthers will never play a game.The new ownership of the Panthers announced its “Yuma Name Your Team Contest,” which will allow fans to enter submissions on the team's Facebook page, facebook.com/YumaProBaseball.President Tim Fer... Full story

Yuma fans preparing for summer without baseball

EDWARD CARIFIO - @YSEDWARDCARIFIO

The large bus sits at the Somerton airfield, plastered in “for sale” signs, collecting more and more dust by the minute.It's a lonely sight. But with its sale, the funds will be able to pay off various debts, allowing the new ownership gr... Full story

Panthers announce season schedule

FROM STAFF REPORTS - @YUMASUNSPORTS

The Yuma Panthers announced their schedule on Wednesday, with their first home game coming three weeks into the season.The home opener for the team formerly known as the Scorpions will be June 26 against Maui, a full three weeks after its season star... Full story

Yuma holds on against Somerton

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Somerton scored five runs in the seventh, but it wouldn’t be enough as they fell 12-7 on Saturday at Desert Sun Stadium. Brandon Mims, who went 3 for 5 with two stolen bases, started off the scoring for Yuma, scoring off a Deaun Williams doubl... Full story

Walks, errors prove costly as Yuma falls to Roadrunners

FROM STAFF REPORTS

The Yuma Scorpions took the lead in the bottom of the second but didn't hold onto it for long.The Arizona Roadrunners topped the Scorps 12-3 on Wednesday at Desert Sun Stadium.The Scorps commited five errors in the game, two of which came in the top... Full story

Templeton to manage Yuma Panthers

EDWARD CARIFIO - @YSEDWARDCARIFIO

Since 2005, Garry Templeton has been pretty much everywhere in the Golden Baseball League/North American League.Maui. Fullerton. Chico. Long Beach. And now, Yuma.In a press conference introducing the new ownership and the change of the Yuma Scorpions... Full story

Yuma pitcher shines for Calexico

JESSE SEVERSON - @YSJESSESEVERSON

In the first of two games of the Arizona Winter League to be played under the lights, Calexico used a pair of big innings to comfortably beat Team Canada 10-3 at Desert Sun Stadium on Saturday night. Starting pitcher and Yuma native James Kuzniak was... Full story

New Scorpions owner: Need to ‘make amends’

EDWARD CARIFIO - @YSEDWARDCARIFIO

Baseball is a business. It's also entertainment.Michael Cummings, the CEO of Godfather Media, said he thinks his company will find the perfect balance between the two in Yuma.Godfather Media purchased the Scorpions on Tuesday. In an interview Wednesd... Full story

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