The Akron RubberDucks (Class AA; Eastern League) are the recipients of this year’s 50th annual Larry MacPhail Award, as Minor League Baseball honors the team’s achievements on the promotional front for the season. (more…)
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Value engineering underway in Hartford
We have some design changes to Dunkin’ Donuts Park, set to open in 2016 as the new home of the Hartford Yard Goats (Class AA; Eastern League), as a result of $4 million in cost overruns on the $56-million project. (more…)
Squirrels: One season at a time
There’s still no ballpark plan for the Richmond Flying Squirrels (Class AA; Eastern League), and there probably won’t be one until there’s a new mayor in the city. (more…)
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…)
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…)
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…)
Attendance News: New Hampshire, Gary SouthShore
We have attendance news today from the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Class AA; Eastern League) and the Gary SouthShore Railcats (independent; American Association). (more…)
Flying Squirrels ballpark breakthrough announced
A new Richmond Flying Squirrels (Class AA; Eastern League) ballpark will be the result of a regional effort and guided by team ownership, as Mayor Dwight Jones dropped efforts to place a facility in the downtown Shockoe Bottom area. (more…)
Hartford Yard Goats unveil logos, colors
We have a logo and color scheme for the Hartford Yard Goats (Class AA; Eastern League), as the team unveils a goat-themed logo utilizing the color scheme of the late, lamented Hartford Whalers. (more…)