It’s a venerable facility, but it’s a ballpark sorely need of repair. New Wichita Mayor Jeff Longwell says he’d like to see a renovation of Lawrence-Dumont Stadium as a quality-of-life investment — and maybe as a way to bring affiliated baseball back to town. (more…)
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Squirrels snare EL attendance crown
With the end of the Eastern League regular season and the attendance crown up for grabs, we have a winner: the Richmond Flying Squirrels, as today’s crowd of 5,751 gives the team a season total of 417,828 fans — some 818 more than the Reading Fightin Phils. (more…)
Senators set season attendance mark
The first of many notes on the end of the season for most MiLB teams: For the first time ever the Harrisburg Senators (Class AA; Eastern League) passed the 300,000 mark in season attendance, drawing 301,558 fans to Metro Bank Park. (more…)
Flying Squirrels add brunch to Sunday menu
Every Sunday Richmond Flying Squirrels (Class AA; Eastern League) game will feature brunch, with players sporting unique, brunch-themed jerseys with food service focused on serving buffets, brunch items and popular brunch-related drinks. (more…)
Three years, three records for Regions Field attendance
Another attendance record from the Birmingham Barons (Class AA; Southern League), as a record 444,639 fans passed through the Regions Field gates in 2015, making it the second consecutive year the organization has drawn an excess of 400,000 fans over its 70 home games. (more…)
Curve post highest attendance since 2007
Another nice bit of attendance news to pass along: The Altoona Curve (Class AA; Eastern League) recorded their highest regular-season attendance in seven years. (more…)
Hurley new Thunder GM/COO
Changing of the guard with the Trenton Thunder (Class AA; Eastern League), where Jeff Hurley will take over as the team’s general manager and chief operating officer from Will Smith beginning on September 8, 2015. (more…)
Cost overruns reported on Dunkin’ Donuts Park
Cost overruns on a new downtown ballpark for the Hartford Yard Goats (Class AA; Eastern League) have been reported by the project manager, but no one in Hartford government is concerned that they will materially impact Dunkin’ Donuts Park. (more…)
Barons set another attendance mark
This is getting to be regular news: the Birmingham Barons (Class AA; Southern League) set another attendance mark, this time for season totals at Regions Field. (more…)
Attendance news from Omaha, Birmingham
Two impressive attendance milestones to note: the Omaha Storm Chasers (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) welcomed the two-millionth fan to Werner Park tonight, while the Birmingham Barons (Class AA; Southern League) surpassed 400,000 fans for the second year in a row. (more…)
Pace-of-play rules impacting the game — in a good way
With the Minor League Baseball season almost over, the pace-of-play rule changes for Triple-A and Double-A have shortened games at both levels, but otherwise have not intruded on the game. (more…)
Reading sets single-game attendance mark
Another attendance mark to report: the Reading Fightin Phils (Class AA; Eastern League) set a single-game record Saturday night, when 9,970 fans passed though the turnstiles at FirstEnergy Stadium. (more…)
Frisco RoughRiders: More, more, more
A more aggressive promotional schedule, combined with offseason ballpark improvements and a team rebranding, is leading to success at the box office for the Frisco RoughRiders (Class AA; Texas League). (more…)