The Thunder Bay Border Cats (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) will be returning to Port Arthur Stadium for the 2011 season, but fans must turn out for games if the team’s long-term survival is to be assured, according to owner Brad Jorgenson. It’s no secret the Border Cats have failed to put up big numbers in […]
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Owner: New Bullfrogs ballpark needs public investment
Green Bay Bullfrogs (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) owner Jeff Royle says his proposed $20-million downtown ballpark needs public assistance, as the public sector is shying away from lending him money for the project. What Royle is proposing is pretty cool: a riverfront ballpark — accessible by car or boat — combined with a year-round restaurant […]
Warner Park renovations approved
Warner Park, the home of the Madison Mallards (summer collegiate; Northwoods League), will be improved before the 2011 season with new bleachers, a new grandstand and more under a plan approved by the city’s Board of Estimates yesterday. The city will spend $800,000 on new Warner Park bleachers, with the Mallards kicking in at least […]
It’s official: NECBL to place team at Old Orchard Beach Ballpark
It’s now official: the summer-collegiate New England Collegiate Baseball League will be fielding a team at Old Orchard Ballpark next season, culminating an amazing comeback for a ballpark once given up for dead. Last night the Old Orchard Beach Town Council approved a one-year lease with the Lowell All-Americans (summer collegiate; NECBL) for the 2011 […]
Cal drops baseball
In a surprise move, the University of California-Berkeley is dropping collegiate baseball, as the school is eliminating five programs to save $4 million annually in athletic-department costs. The decision was a surprise, to say the least; Evans Diamond has seen a lot of good players pass through the gates over the years, such as Andy […]
Shocker: Handelsman to return as SwampDogs manager
We’re stunned — just stunned! — to see that Darrell Handelsman is returning to manage the Fayetteville SwampDogs (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League) in 2011, but the team sent out a press release proclaiming that very fact, just in case there were any doubts. Of course, as an owner of the team and the face […]
Awards gala added to SBC agenda
New this year at the Summer Ball Conference in Madison, Wisconsin: an Awards Gala will recognize achievements by summer-collegiate baseball teams across the country. The six awards, sponsored by Baseball America, will be Highest Percentage Growth in Attendance, Best Promotion, Best Community Project or Activity, Best Ticket Sales Campaign, Best Marketing Campaign, and Best Non-Traditional […]
Steamers will return in 2011, despite coming up short in fundraising
Despite coming up short in a fundraising drive to save the team, the Edenton Steamers (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League) will return in 20111, as the league cuts them some slack on a mandatory letter of credit. The nonprofit Edenton Chowen Community Foundation, which owns and runs the Steamers, originally had a goal of raising […]
Summer-collegiate ball coming to Old Orchard Ballpark
Baseball could be returning to Old Orchard Beach Ballpark in 2011, as the City Council last night voted to allow the city manager to negotiate a lease with the Lowell All Americans (summer collegiate; NECBL). If all goes well a lease could be in place in October. The return of regularly scheduled baseball to the […]
U of Washington revives ballpark project
A $9.8 million makeover of Husky Ballpark at the University of Washington is back on, as the school is soliciting qualification statements from design-build teams. The university had planned to solicit bids for the ballpark renovation back in July, but pulled back the process because of financial issues. A new plan is in place calling […]
Texas Collegiate League expands to Lafayette for 2011
The Acadiana Cane Cutters will be playing out of Lafayette’s Fabacher Field in the summer-collegiate Texas Collegiate League beginning in the 2011 season. The team will be owned by Baseball Ventures of Louisiana, comprised of Richard and Sandi Chalmers, David and Leslie Alwell and Rudy Bourg; former MLB catcher Paul Bako will assist. The addition […]
Edenton Steamers not quite dead yet
Fundraising to keep the Edenton Steamers (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League) alive has come up short of the goals set by organizers, but enough money has come in to keep the efforts alive — for now. The goal from the nonprofit running the Steamers, the Edenton Chowen Community Foundation: raising $50,000 by Labor Day. That […]
Summer Ball Conference announced for Madison, Nov. 6-8
The Second Annual Summer Ball Conference (SBC 10) will be held in the Mecca of Summer Collegiate baseball — Madison, Wis., on November 6-8. The concept of the conference is a version of the Winter Baseball Meetings: providing teams with the knowledge and direction necessary to become elite in the summer collegiate ranks. The conference […]