We have another new eBook to announce: The Complete Guide to Spring Training 2016 / Arizona is now available for purchase. (more…)
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Fox RSNs to offer in-market streaming in 2016: report
The 15 Fox regional sports networks holding local broadcast rights are close to an agreement with MLB to broadcast in-market games next season, as MLB has backed off from an insistence that MLB AM manage the streams. (more…)
Now available: The Complete Guide to Spring Training 2016 / Florida
This is a big month for us — because, August — as we prep for four new book releases. The first: The Complete Guide to Spring Training 2016 / Florida, which was released yesterday and already appears on a few Amazon.com eBook best-seller lists. (more…)
Indians unveil more Progressive Field improvements
The Cleveland Indians unveiled the second round of major improvements to Progressive Field, as 2016 will see the addition of a new club behind home plate, leading back to the main concourse. (more…)
Bypassing lines at MLB ballparks
We expect to see more MLB teams adopt this technology, as Yankee Stadium becomes the third Major League Baseball ballpark to allow fans to bypass entry lines after signing up for a biometrics scan. (more…)
Growing tomatoes at the ballpark
Earl Weaver and Pasquale “Pat” Santarone, tomato farmers extraordinaire at Memorial Stadium, would be happy to see the latest trend in Major League Baseball: urban farms and gardens within the ballpark walls. (more…)
Two-facility solution on horizon in Oakland?
With Athletics ownership laying the design groundwork for a new ballpark at the Coliseum site and the realization by city officials that large-scale development there is unlikely, we could see planning for a two-facility solution in Oakland commence. (more…)
Best of the Ballparks: PNC Park
The fans have spoken: after multiple rounds of polling, Ballpark Digest readers have voted PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, as the leading Major League Baseball facility in the website’s Best of the Ballparks competition. (more…)
Manfred: MLB “anxious” to move on Cuba
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred says his sport is “anxious” to move forward after the United States and Cuba formally reestablished diplomatic ties this week, but it’s not entirely clear what he and other MLB owners have in mind. (more…)
154-game MLB schedule? It could happen
A 154-game regular-season schedule could be on the agenda for the next round of collective bargaining agreement talks between MLB and the Major League Baseball Players Association, set for next year. (more…)
MLB evaluating future expansion: Manfred
We’ve been hearing whispers about this for months, and now Commissioner Rob Manfred confirms that Major League Baseball is evaluating whether the sport should expand by two teams in coming years. (more…)
Lawsuit demands more netting at every MLB, MiLB ballpark
A lawsuit filed in federal court is demanding that new netting be installed from foul pole to foul pole at every Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball ballpark to protect fans from the dangers of the foul balls and broken bats. (more…)
Best of the Ballparks: MLB Finals
It’s old versus new in the Best of the Ballparks voting for MLB parks, as fans chose Wrigley Field (Chicago Cubs) and PNC Park (Pittsburgh Pirates) to face off in the final polling. (more…)