This is a big day in college baseball: junior colleges begin their seasons today with games, while Division I teams begin practices and scrimmages today. This should be an interesting college season, as the NCAA is instituting a few rule changes that should be quite apparent to fans. The first covers bat speed and bat […]
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Metrodome out for the count; Gophers working on backup plan
The Metrodome will be unavailable for use by the University of Minnesota baseball team for the entire season, as officials will debate whether to repair the roof or replace it — a process that could last until August — so the Gophers are looking for a new home. No decision has been made about the […]
Cal baseball enters final season — maybe
The University of California-Berkeley baseball team is slated to begin spring practice on Friday, but the important upcoming date is Monday — the day when a final decision will be made regarding the future of the program, already scheduled to be eliminated. Monday is the deadline for activists to raise $25 million to save five […]
SEC tourney site selection goes down to the wire
Southeastern Conference officials are close to recommending a site — or sites, as it ends up — for the annual baseball tournament in coming years, and so far it seems like Hoover has a slight advantage in landing the event once again. The annual SEC baseball tournament has become a big event, with crowds of […]
New for 2011: Mystic Schooners
The newest team in the summer-collegiate New England Collegiate Baseball League: the Mystic Schooners, as the former Bristol Collegiate announces a new team name and a new general manager, Jack O’Keefe. O’Keefe is a long-time Waterford High School baseball coach. The team will play at Fitch High School, thanks to a $500,000 gift from an […]
Bullfrogs propose scaled-down ballpark proposal
Green Bay Bullfrogs (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) owner Jeff Royle presented a scaled-back $12-million ballpark proposal to the city’s Redevelopment Authority with less seating and no restaurant. The original proposal called for a 4,500-seat ballpark on the Fox River in downtown Green Bay, complete with year-round restaurant. Royle is still looking at the downtown site, […]
Metrodome roof won’t be fixed until March
Hundreds of college baseball games slated for February and March will be postponed or scrapped, as the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission announced today that repairs to the Metrodome roof won’t be completed until sometime in March — at the earliest. The Metrodome serves as the baseball home of the Minnesota Golden Gophers, whose season begins […]
Dome roof could be repaired for Gophers season
Metrodome officials are prepping a repair of the stadium’s inflatable roof for a late January or early February completion, but the longer-term issue of what happens to the home of the University of Minnesota Golden Gopher baseball team remains to be seen. New Teflon panels are being prepared in a Tijuana, Mexico manufacturing facility: four […]
New Nashua summer-collegiate team announces first hires
The new Nashua (N.H.) team in the start-up Futures Collegiate Baseball League announced its first hires: Tim Geromini, Jarrod FitzGerald and Mike Chambers. The team will be owned by Eric Butelin and managed by the Lowell Spinners of the Class-A New York-Penn League. Butelin, a business owner from Milwaukee, Wis., has over 35 years of […]
Huntington ballpark funding shifts to private sector
Proponents of a new ballpark and convention center in downtown Huntington, W.V., say they will not meet an end-of-the-year deadline to apply for federal stimulus funds for the project but will continue to pursue private financing for the project. The $200-million RiverPlace project would also include a hotel and restaurant. It would serve as the […]
Wilson Tobs sold
The Wilson Tobs (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League) have been sold to Richard Holland and Greg Suire, the owners of the Thomasville HiToms in the same circuit; James Wolfe is the new GM of the team. All familiar names, to be sure. Wolfe was formerly the general manager of the Forest City Owls (summer collegiate; […]
Will Metrodome be ready for baseball season?
Even though the Minnesota Twins vacated the Metrodome before the start of the 2010 season, it’s still a baseball facility, hosting University of Minnesota and MIAC games beginning in February, as well as TwinsFest. Inspections yesterday revealed an additional torn panel in the roof, as well as more wear and tear than originally assumed. While […]
Martha’s Vineyard Sharks unveil logo
The new summer-collegiate Martha’s Vineyard Sharks (summer collegiate; Futures Collegiate Baseball League) unveiled a team logo today, complete with the iconic shark fin and colors to match Martha’s Vineyard High School’s athletic teams. “We think it’s a great look, and getting our new logo out in the community is another step towards building the excitement […]