That league used the acronym M.I.N.K., as teams were represented by Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas.
[2] The Carroll Merchants moved from the MINK to the Pioneer Collegiate Baseball League after the 2016 season.
Collegiate Baseball League announced that Des Moines, Iowa and Chanute, Kansas would join the M.I.N.K in 2020, forming a nine team league, with the departure of the Ozark Generals.
Each team is operated in a similar to a professional minor league baseball team, providing players an opportunity to play under the same conditions using wood bats, minor league specification baseballs, experiencing overnight road trips and playing an intense summer league schedule.
"[6] Prior to the M.I.N.K., the Clarinda A's won the 1981 National Baseball Congress World Series.