...And this is why we embrace independent baseball. Enter the Atlantic League. One man’s forgotten empire is another man’s gain… and the very successful Atlantic League saw both York and Lancaster as potential stars in its burgeoning independent minor league system. It was a gamble that would pay off, oh so well. Enough so, that all Affiliated Minor League Baseball could do, was kick itself for ignoring such a tremendous potential market for so long… and now lost to the Atlantic League seemingly forever.