Though nothing’s finalized, there’s a plan for a Chillicothe group to invest in the Rockford Riverhawks and shift the team to the Frontier League for 2011 — coming at the heels of the circulation of a 10-team North American League schedule that drops both Henderson and Rockford for the coming season. The move of the […]
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Twins set spring attendance record — in Florida
As spring training winds down, we’ll be looking at the winners and losers of 2011. The first big winner of 2011: the Minnesota Twins, who set a Florida spring-training attendance record at Hammond Stadium. The Twins drew 129,453 fans to 16 games at Hammond Stadium this spring. It’s a record for fans attending spring Twins […]
Fielders looking at pop-up ballpark for 2011
Pop-up restaurants and retail stores are all the rage in the trendier parts of the world. Now it appears that the baseball world will see its first pop-up ballpark, as the Lake County Fielders (independent; North American League) are considering a pop-up facility in Zion for the upcoming season. UPDATED! According to insiders, the facility, […]
NAL preps for post-Schaumburg season
With virtually no chance of the Schaumburg Flyers operating in some form in 2011, the independent North American League is preparing schedules and plans for a league that may operate with 10 or 12 teams — and maybe a travel team in Texas. Team officials and league insiders say work is being done on a […]
River Bandits installing state-of-the-art HD videoboard
The Quad Cities River Bandits (Low Class A; Midwest League) will join the small number of Class A team installing high-def videoboards after unveiling plans for a new system at Modern Woodmen Park. Every year we try to do something to enhance the ballpark and make the game day experience more enjoyable for our fans,” […]
Lipman returns as Voice of the Fisher Cats
Bob Lipman returns in 2011 as the Voice of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Class AA; Eastern League), and he’ll be joined by former Red Sox pre- and postgame host Dick Lutsk on flagship station WGIR-AM 610. Lipman, a two-time New Hampshire Sportscaster of the Year, enters his eighth consecutive season as a Fisher Cats […]
Seacoast Mavericks to call Rochester home
The Seacoast Mavericks (summer collegiate; Futures Collegiate Baseball League) will play their inaugural season at Bert George Field at Spaulding High School in Rochester, N.H., under a lease signed last night. The Mavericks are one of four teams in the startup circuit. The lease is for five years. Under the terms of the lease the […]
Braves minor-league spring sched posted
We’ve posted the spring-training schedule for the four Atlanta Braves farm teams: Gwinnett Braves (Class AAA; International League), Mississippi Braves (Class AA; Southern League), Lynchburg Hillcats (Class A; Carolina League) and Rome Braves (Class A; Sally League). You can view the schedule here. The minor-league teams affiliated with the Atlanta Braves play their home games […]
White Sox minor-league schedules posted
More news from spring training: we’ve posted the schedules for the four minor-league affiliates of the Chicago White Sox, playing out of Camelback Ranch-Glendale. The four teams: Charlotte Knights (Class AAA; International League), Birmingham Barons (Class AA; Southern League), Winston-Salem Dash (Class A; Carolina League) and Kannapolis Intimidators (Class A; Sally League). You can view […]
Schaumburg decision expected this week
After hearing pitches from the American Association, North American League and several groups with ties to the Frontier League, officials with the Village of Schaumburg are expected to decide as soon as tomorrow on a new tenant for Alexian Field. The presentations took place last week, and groups making pitches were told that a priority […]
Schaumburg meeting with potential Alexian Field lessees
The Village of Schaumburg is meeting with potential tenants for Alexian Field this week, including a group that would buy the remaining assets of the troubled Schaumburg Flyers (independent; North American League) and pay off what the team owes to the village and the Park Board. City Manager Kenneth Fritz confirmed the talks via email. […]
Mallards unveil new logos for 2011
Coinciding with the extreme makeover of Warner Park for the 2011 season, the Madison Mallards (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) unveiled new logos at an event today in Wisconsin. The new logos feature a slightly more menacing Maynard Mallard, replacing the original logo created when the team joined the Northwoods League more than 10 years ago. […]
Start-up Southwestern States League now at five teams
Yet another independent league emerges for the 2011 season: the Southwestern States League will compete with teams in Blackwell (Ok.), Brenham (Texas), Clovis (N.M.), Elk City (Ok.) and Kingfisher (Ok.), though plans for an Idaho division have been dropped. We are talking some pretty small towns here: Blackwell had a listed population of 7,688 in […]