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pennants and two World Series teams.
The two are not related, the younger Powell’s bio material says. That he is here shows that the younger Powell has a good chance of making the big leagues if not becoming THE Boog Powell. The league serves sort of a post-graduate course for players who are close making it in “the Show.”
About 60 percent of the players — 2,300— who have played in the league made it the majors since Fall League started in 1992.
At $8 a ticket — $6 for seniors and for kids — the Arizona Fall League might be the best pro sports value in the Valley. But it flies largely under the radar, receiving little attention in the traditional local news media. The announced crowd for this game was 554 in a stadium that can seat 15,000. Most day games in the Fall League draw fewer than 1,000.