MORGANTOWN -- After the cancellation of the 2020 MiLB season, the West Virginia Black Bears announced their schedule for the 2021 season on Tuesday. The Black Bears' inaugural season in the MLB Draft League will have their Opening Day on May 24 against Mahoning Valley. A two-game series ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- The West Virginia Black Bears announced Monday they are one of the five teams selected by Major League Baseball to be a founding member of the new “Major League Baseball Draft League.” The league will be sanctioned by MLB and operated by Prep Baseball Report (PBR), ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Minor League Baseball announced Tuesday the 2020 season for all of its teams, including the West Virginia Black Bears, was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season for the Black Bears, which was scheduled to begin June 18 against Mahoning Valley at Mon County ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- Expected to start their 2020 season next week, the West Virginia Black Bears will instead have to wait to take the field. In a news release Friday, the New York-Penn League announced that it was indefinitely delaying the start of the 2020 season due to ...
GRANVILLE, W.Va. -- The Pittsburgh Pirates announced Wednesday the West Virginia Black Bears coaching staff for the 2020 season. The team will be led by manager Jonathan Johnston in his first year with the Pirates organization and as a professional baseball coach. Johnston is joined by ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A recent proposal by Major League Baseball puts over 40 Minor League Baseball teams in jeopardy, including three of the four in West Virginia. The one lone team not on that list is the West Virginia Black Bears, based in Morgantown. However, Mike Buczkowski, Rich ...
