Minor League Baseball Help Needed?

Question

To answer this question, you almost certainly have to be a fan of minor league baseball and live in a community where there's a team. Several years ago I had a student in one of my classes, Brooks Shankle, who was playing in the California/Los Angeles/Anaheim/whatever they call it this week Angels farm system and was wondering what happened to him. I checked the Angels website and they have almost nothing on their minor league teams other than the rosters and he isn't listed, so I'd guess he may have been part of one of those minor trades as a throw-in, or he may have given it up. How about it - any minor league followers or Angels fans on here who can let me know who - if anybody - he's with now?

Answer 1

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http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/S/Brooks-Sh...

Brooks Shankle | A+

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Position: 1B Full Name: Robert Shankle

Born: February 4, 1983 Lubbock,Texas

Height: 6-3 Weight: 200 Bats: R Throws: R

College: Tulane University

Drafted - Selected by Anaheim Angels in 32nd Round (953rd overall) of 2004 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) Jun 16,2004 - signed

2002 Tulane

2003 Tx-San Ant

2004 Tx-San Ant

2004 Az Angels

2005 Rancho Cuc

2006 Orem

Looks like maybe he's playing for a non-affiliated minor league team

http://www.bordercatsbaseball.com/index.php?pid=36

oops - looks like he was cut this year

hmmmm

Fort Worth: Released INF Brooks Shankle and INF Tim Wojcik.

he played with a Ft Worth team

http://www.americanassociationbaseball.com/teams/f...

http://www.fwcats.com/

wow... he was with them only 8 days. This is the low, low minors - I'd guess Brooks is done, but if it injury, I see no evidence of it

Source(s): http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/S/Brooks-Sh...

Answer 2

I persist with an independant minor league, the Frontier League. There are 2 communities interior of 30 miles of the place I stay. The Gateway Grizzlies in Sauget, Il and River city Rascals (my team) in O'Fallon, Mo. The league presently has 5 alumni on considerable league rosters George Sherrill -Evansviile to Baltimore, Justin Christian River city to manhattan Yankees, Joe Thatcher River city to San Diego, Mike Cervanek Chillicothe to Phiadelphia and Josh Kinney (DL) River city to St. Louis.

Answer 3

He stopped playing after the 2007 season, had a good power bat but hit under .200 for his career.

Answer 4

http://thebaseballcube.com/players/S/Brooks-Shankl...

Looks like he spent about six seasons in the minors and retired after 2007.