Q&A: With Utica success, sports entrepreneur looks to add 4th USPBL team in 2017 #DetroitNews

Bill Shea - When the Chicago White Sox inked Utica Unicorns outfielder Austin Crutcher last month to a Single-A contract for 2017, it represented the eighth United Shore Professional Baseball League player to get a minor league deal since the league launched in May. That was a pleasant surprise for league founder and majority owner Andy Appleby, the Rochester sports entrepreneur who financed the $15 million startup cost for the independent developmental baseball league and a 2,000-seat stadium along M-59

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