Plans are underway for the Butler BlueSox to return to Michelle Krill Field at Historic Pullman Park next summer.

Dean Selfridge, director of the ballpark, said possibilities include the BlueSox joining the Great Lakes Intercollegiate League, the Tri-State Collegiate League or be part of a new four-team circuit known as the Professional Introduction League (PIL). All of that league's games would be played at Pullman Park.

Should the PIL come to Butler, it would be in partnership with the Global Scouting Bureau, a professional baseball scouting service that has sent 2,500 former college players on to the next level since 1998. The PIL would consist of former college players who were not drafted by Major League Baseball.

“We are weighing all of these possibilities,” Selfridge said. “I'm leaning toward this new league, as our operating costs would be much lower. Nothing has been finalized with the Pullman board yet, but I have talked to most of the board members one-on-one.

“Personally, I am 100 percent confident the BlueSox will be back next year.”

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