If the Texarkana Gunslingers and the Continental Baseball League are to succeed in Texarkana, much of the credit will have to go to David Farren.

It was Farren who was contacted by CBL president Ron Baron last summer about testing the waters for professional baseball in the Texarkana market.

“He asked me how I thought pro baseball would go over in Texarkana, and I said I thought it would go over pretty good because baseball and football is what we do here,” Farren said from his Gunslingers office, where he serves the team as general manager. “The next thing I know he co...