The Malone Border Hounds are an independent minor league baseball team based in

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that plays in the

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. The Border Hounds play their home games at the

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Post 219 Veterans Field in Malone and have been managed by former

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Ray King since 2024.

History

The Border Hounds began play in the

(EPBL) in 2023. They finished second among five teams in the 2023 EPBL season after ending the season on a twelve-game win streak, and then followed that up by capturing the 2023 EPBL championship with a 2–0 series win over the Plattsburgh Thunderbirds. They finished the 2024 EPBL season with a 17–21 record, good for third in the now-four-team league.

Year-by-year results

Affiliations

Players for the Border Hounds—as well as players from the rest of the EPBL—can have their contracts selected to play for the

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, a

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that competes in the MLB-partnered

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References

External links

Official website
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