Pioneer League
Pioneer Baseball League is an independent professional MLB Partner League based in Montana, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah.www.pioneerleague.com
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Sep 12, 2026
NickHOST
Yeah, give me Lake Country 3 there.
NickHOST
Pioneer League's next spot because they're the last playoff.
RyanHOST
Yeah, daddy.
NickHOST
Last playoff league here.
NickHOST
Billings, 5-3 winner over Missoula, and then we have Long Beach, a 5-1 winner over Modesto.
NickHOST
You know what
RyanHOST
happens when you need to actually throw your best guys and they're arrested? All of a sudden, we get normal scores in the Pioneer League.
RyanHOST
Oh, and also you have four real teams playing.
Chris Van DineGUEST
I hate to say it.
Chris Van DineGUEST
One thing I will admit to is I'm a Pioneer League hater, and I just have a hard time with these Pioneer League teams.
Chris Van DineGUEST
They've had
Colby DantHOST
an awful start to the season.
Colby DantHOST
I was looking for a push, but, you know, it's okay.
Colby DantHOST
Sometimes I've had time to think about this.
Colby DantHOST
Marist, this is also, like, part of the Pioneer League thing that also gets in their way is they travel, like, the ridiculous mileage.
Colby DantHOST
This one, not necessarily.
Chris Van DineGUEST
I hate to say it.
Chris Van DineGUEST
One thing I will admit to is I'm a Pioneer League hater, and I just have a hard time with these Pioneer League teams.
Chris Van DineGUEST
They've had
Colby DantHOST
an awful start to the season.
Colby DantHOST
I was looking for a push, but, you know, it's okay.
Colby DantHOST
Sometimes I've had time to think about this.
Colby DantHOST
Marist, this is also, like, part of the Pioneer League thing that also gets in their way is they travel, like, the ridiculous mileage.
Colby DantHOST
This one, not necessarily.
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go, Coast, everybody! Oh, yeah!
Richard Parks IIIHOST
The Coast plays in the Pioneer League, Indie Ball.
Ryan FulksSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Meaning we're not affiliated with any major league organization, but it's still professional baseball, so the talent level's pretty good.
Ryan FulksSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ryan Fulks is a relief pitcher for the Coast.
Gary GrosjeanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
For some people, this is it.
Gary GrosjeanSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
For some people, there's much more ahead of them.
Richard Parks IIIHOST
The Pioneer League has been around since 1939, with teams in Idaho, Colorado, Montana, and now California.
Richard Parks IIIHOST
Long Beach native Warren G., of Regulators
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He throws and bats left-handed.
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He broke into baseball in 1962 at Idaho Falls in the Pioneer League.
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In 1963, he had a big year in the Western Carolina League, winning 17 and losing 3.
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He has been with the Pittsburgh Pirates on a couple of occasions.
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He throws and bats left-handed.
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He broke into baseball in 1962 at Idaho Falls in the Pioneer League.
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
In 1963, he had a big year in the Western Carolina League, winning 17 and losing 3.
Frank MesserSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He has been with the Pittsburgh Pirates on a couple of occasions.
Stormy BuonantonyHOST
Western Kentucky, I don't think is going to be any good.
Stormy BuonantonyHOST
And for Montana State, Butler, who they beat by 27, is a non-scholarship Pioneer League team and Utah Tech.
Stormy BuonantonyHOST
has been outscored 117-7 through two games against them in BYU.
Jonathan Von TobelHOST
Yeah, for the most part, full disclosure, this is me just continuing to plan that angle that I had before the season started, which is I think Nevada's coming in underrated.
Brandon JosephHOST
Not really.
Brandon JosephHOST
I mean, it, it's another Pioneer League, and St. Thomas was really good for a really long time, and they made the move up, and if they were moved up years ago, under today's circumstances, they would've been in the FCS playoffs.
Brandon JosephHOST
But you're starting to see that divide coming in.
Brandon JosephHOST
It's now getting tougher and tougher to win, uh, against better competition.
Brandon JosephHOST
Um, e- especially because now they can offer them scholarships.
Brandon JosephHOST
Now these players, you know, at Division III weren't getting scholarships.
Brandon JosephHOST
Pioneer League don't get scholarships.
Brandon JosephHOST
Now they can.
Alex PavlovicHOST
But-
Cole KuiperHOST
Get some Pioneer League guys up there.
Alex PavlovicHOST
Yeah.
Cole KuiperHOST
Get some Pecos Leagues guys up there.
BooneyHOST
He kicked the damn door down.
BooneyHOST
The undrafted Pioneer League standout closed Lansing's season by reaching base 13 times in five games, collecting eight hits, drawing five walks, scoring seven ones, tripling, and driving in three.
BooneyHOST
Today, we ask whether the A's may have uncovered a legitimate prospect hiding in plain sight.
BooneyHOST
Welcome to episode 22, the season finale of Let's Love Sweetly with your host, Jesse Ober-Rassler.
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