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Tag Archives | 2015
Don’t Forget: It’s Awards Season
Just a reminder that we’re in the midst of soliciting nominations for the annual Ballpark Digest awards, and we need your help to honor the best and brightest in baseball. (more…)
Pace-of-play rules impacting the game — in a good way
With the Minor League Baseball season almost over, the pace-of-play rule changes for Triple-A and Double-A have shortened games at both levels, but otherwise have not intruded on the game. (more…)
Dust settles at Wrigley Field — for now
With the re-opening of Sheffield and Waveland avenues this week, the first round of Wrigley Field renovations is in the books, though work on the other Friendly Confines changes will continue for months. (more…)
Hawks attendance up under new owners
Some more good news on the attendance front: the Boise Hawks (short season A; Northwest League) surpassed the 2014 attendance total on Monday night. (more…)
It’s Awards Season — And We Need Your Help
It’s that time of year: We’re beginning our deliberations on the 2015 Ballpark Digest Awards. And we need your help. (more…)
2015 Summer Collegiate Attendance by Average
With the summer-collegiate regular season wrapping up last night, we’ll be reporting the numbers across the industry. We wrap up today’s coverage with a listing of summer-collegiate attendance sorted by average. (more…)
2015 Summer Collegiate Attendance by Total
With the summer-collegiate regular season wrapping up last night, we’ll be reporting the numbers across the industry. We continue today’s coverage with a listing of summer-collegiate attendance sorted by total. (more…)
2015 Summer Collegiate Attendance by League
With the summer-collegiate regular season wrapping up last night, we’ll be reporting the numbers across the industry. We begin today’s coverage with a listing of summer-collegiate attendance, sorted by league. (more…)
Hawks plan blimp to shade sun-drenched seats
The first-base side of Memorial Stadium seating tends to be a sun field, so the Boise Hawks (short season A; Northwest League) will launch a blimp to shade fans sitting in the front of the section. (more…)
More attendance news: Altoona
We have more attendance news to pass along, this time from the Altoona Curve (Class AA; Eastern League), where the 2015 numbers are up by some 17 percent at Peoples Natural Gas Field. (more…)
Boise Hawks unveil 2015 ballpark upgrades
The new owners of the Boise Hawks (short season A; Northwest League) are coming out swinging, unveiling plenty of improvements to Memorial Stadium for the 2015 season. (more…)
Crandall, Perry, Novikoff in PCL Hall of Fame
The Class AAA Pacific Coast League announced three new inductees into the PCL Hall of Fame as the Class of 2015: Del Crandall, Lou Novikoff, and Gaylord Perry. (more…)