Two Kenosha baseball stories in one day! The second installment: The Kenosha Kingfish (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) are bringing back Kenosha Twins uniforms and logos Friday night. Tonight, of course, the team is playing as the Kenosha Sockets in a what-if event. Tomorrow night, the team will take the team as the Kenosha Twins, the […]
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Kingfish to play what-if: Kenosha Sockets
We love these promos: the Kenosha Kingfish (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) will throw a what-if promotion tonight and play as the Kenosha Sockets. In February 2013 a “Name Your Team Contest” was launched, and over a two-month period, more than 750 name ideas were submitted by the proud citizens of Kenosha. Six names were then […]
Big day for Big Top Baseball
Here’s an interesting stat for you: The Madison Mallards, Kenosha Kingfish, Wisconsin Rapids Rafters and Green Bay Bullfrogs (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) all hosted home games last Saturday night and drew 12,596 fans between the four teams. This is the first year Big Top Baseball has fielded four separate teams: the Mallards came first, followed […]
Kingfish’s McGhee guarantees win, will sleep in Bambino
Kenosha Kingfish (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) GM Jake McGhee is guaranteeing a win next Monday night and will sleep in the Bambino, the boat built into the Simmons Field home-run fence, if the team loses. Fans will also receive a ticket to a future game if the team loses. But McGhee will be sleeping in […]
The Week That Was: June 7
Visiting a historic old ballpark in Kenosha, remembering Don Zimmer, and the unveiling of a new ballpark plan in Hartford were the top stories of the past week on Ballpark Digest, as measured by page views. Here they are: Simmons Field / Kenosha KingfishIn memoriam: Don ZimmerOriole Park in line to host 2016 ASG?Hartford ballpark […]
Simmons Field / Kenosha Kingfish
This, friends, is why summer-collegiate leagues exist: to provide new life to old ballparks – evidenced by the makeover of Simmons Field, home of the Northwoods League’s Kenosha Kingfish. A successful business model for summer-collegiate ball is pretty simple: take an old ballpark formerly used for minor-league or industrial-league play, fix it up, and play […]
Green Bay Bullfrogs open new era at Joannes Stadium
The new owners of the Green Bay Bullfrogs (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) unveiled improvements to Joannes Stadium in last night’s season opener. As you’ll recall, Big Top Baseball — the ownership group that also owns the Madison Mallards, the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters and the Kenosha Kingfish — acquired the Bullfrogs in the offseason, with Liz […]
A thousand more fans per game approved for Kingfish
Capacity at Simmons Field is now a thousand more than planned after ballpark and parking-lot improvements were implemented by the Kenosha Kingfish (summer collegiate; Northwoods League). The Kenosha City Council voted 12-1 Monday night to approve a Simmons Field capacity of 3,218 after presentation of a new parking plan. Ballpark capacity is determined by the […]
The most unique outfield wall in baseball? Meet The Bambino
We’ve seen outfield party spaces designed to look like a boat, but this takes the cake: a real fishing boat from the 1930s is being installed at Simmons Field, home of the Kenosha Kingfish (summer collegiate; Northwoods League), for the 2014 season. The 43-feet-long by 13-feet-wide fishing boat originally named the “Bambino” (yes, really) was […]
Joannes Stadium upgrades approved by Green Bay City Council
The Green Bay City Council unanimously approved changes to Joannes Stadium proposed by the new owners of the Green Bay Bullfrogs (summer collegiate; Northwoods League), who are eager to make their mark on the game-day experience. The improvements are being funded entirely by the new ownership group of the Bullfrogs — which includes owners and […]
Moniker finalists announced for new Kenosha NWL team
We have the list of potential team names for the new Kenosha summer-collegiate Northwoods League team set to begin play at Simmons Field in 2014. Here they are, direct from team ownership: Kenosha Comets – The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League team that played in Kenosha from 1943 thru 1951 was named the Comets. The […]