Riverfront Stadium, former home to independent Atlantic League and Can-Am League Newark Bears teams and once touted as an economic-development tool, has been sold to a developer for $23.5 million and will be torn down to make way for a mixed-use, high-rise tower. (more…)
We have personnel news today from the Boise Hawks (Short Season A; Northwest League) and the Hagerstown Suns (Low A; Sally League). (more…)
Professional Sports Catering will handle all aspects of the food operations at Dow Diamond, home of the Great Lakes Loons (Low A; Midwest League), including concessions, catering, and staffing for every event at the ballpark, under the terms of a new contract announced today. (more…)
The Hagerstown Suns (Low A; Sally League) have hired a new general manager, selecting Travis Painter to serve in that role. Painter, who is accepting his first GM position in the minors, arrives from the Quad Cities River Bandits (Low A; Midwest League), where he had spent the past two seasons as the assistant general manager of baseball operations. (more…)
A mainstay in Lynchburg baseball has announced his retirement, as Lynchburg Hillcats (High-A; Carolina League) President and CFO Paul Sunwall is stepping down after 35 years in the front office. He will be replaced by Chris Jones, an experienced executive who most recently served as the general manager of the Sugar Land Skeeters (independent; Atlantic League). (more…)
We have some changes to report at Ballpark Digest: We’re happy to report that Zach Spedden joins August Publications today as the full-time managing editor of all our sports websites. (more…)
We have a new position for Donny Baarns, as the veteran broadcaster is leaving the Visalia Rawhide (High A; California League) and joining Mark Nasser in the Omaha Storm Chasers (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) broadcast booth. (more…)
We have a new General Manager for the Brevard County Manatees (High A; Florida State League), where Chad Lovitt replaces Kyle Smith, who is transitioning to leading the Thunder Bay Border Cats (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) ownership in 2016 and beyond. (more…)
Some sad news: Scott Miller, the voice of the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (independent; American Association) since 2006, passed away early today after a four-year battle with cancer. He was 57. (more…)
We have personnel news today from the Erie SeaWolves (Class AA; Eastern League) and the Fayetteville SwampDogs (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League). (more…)
We have personnel news today from the Fresno Grizzlies (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) and the Green Bay Bullfrogs (summer collegiate; Northwoods League). (more…)
We have personnel news today from the West Virginia Power (Low A; Sally League), Frederick Keys (High A; Carolina League) and the San Diego Padres. (more…)
We have personnel news today from the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Class AA; Southern League) and the Joliet Slammers (independent; Frontier League). (more…)
