Christopher Hall is stepping aside as commissioner of the summer-collegiate Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL) effective December 31, 2018 to pursue other opportunities. Hall was a founding member of the Futures League and its first commissioner dating back to the league’s inception in 2011. (more…)
A nice postseason award for the North Shore Navigators, as the team was named the summer-collegiate Futures League Organization of the Year. (more…)
Fraser Field is always worth a visit, and adding an event like this sweetens the pot: the North Shore Navigators are hosting the 2015 Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL) All-Star Game. (more…)
Another honor coming down the pike: the Worcester Bravehearts have been named the summer-collegiate Futures Collegiate Baseball League‘s 2014 Organization of the Year. (more…)
We have personnel news to report: Andrew Zito is the new director of group sales for the Chattanooga Lookouts (Class AA; Southern League), while Dave Peterson is executive of the year in the summer-collegiate Futures League. (more…)
After the demise of a Can-Am League team and a season-long hiatus from organized baseball, Worcester and Holy Cross have signed a deal to bring a summer-collegiate Futures Collegiate Baseball League team to Fitton Field. As you’ll recall, pro baseball in the form of the Worcester Tornadoes flamed out spectacularly in 2011, with the team […]
More awards: The Martha’s Vineyard Sharks has been named 2013 Organization of the Year in the summer-collegiate Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL). One of the original four teams in the FCBL the Sharks made some drastic changes to the “Shark Tank” to improve their fan experience. Under the direction of their General Manager and CFO, […]
Another in today’s parade of attendance records to note: the summer-collegiate Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL) saw 186,410 fans walk through the gates for an average of 871 fans per night, an increase of more than 10,000 fans over 2012. For the second straight year four FCBL teams averaged over 1,000 fans per night. The […]
Our old friend Bill Terlecky received a nice honor today: the general manager of the North Shore Navigators was named the summer-collegiate Futures Collegiate Baseball League’s 2012 Executive of the Year. The announcement was made by FCBL commissioner, Chris Hall, as part of the league’s annual post-season awards. This represents the inaugural Executive of the […]
The summer-collegiate Futures Collegiate Baseball League has entered into a sponsorship agreement with Code Beverages to become the official energy drink of the league for the 2012 and 2013 seasons. “This partnership with Code Beverages continues to prove that the Futures League has quickly become one of the premier summer collegiate leagues in the country,” […]
We have a new franchise in the summer-collegiate Futures Collegiate Baseball League, as commissioner Chris Hall announced that the addition of the Wachusett Dirt Dawgs as the league’s fifth franchise, playing out of Leominster, Mass. Owning the team: local businessman John Morrison, president of a privately held polymer lens manufacturer, Fosta-Tek Optics. “My family and […]
A new summer-collegiate league is on the horizon in New England, as the Lowell Spinners (short season; NY-Penn League) will operate a team out of Nashua’s Holman Stadium on behalf of owner and Wisconsin businessman Eric Butlein in the start-up Futures Collegiate Baseball League of New England. Not a lot of specifics on the new […]
