With Minor League Baseball shut down for the year and Major League Baseball struggling through a COVID-ridden shortened season in empty ballparks, it’s easy to think of 2020 as a lost season. But competitive baseball is still being played in front of fans in a handful of places. We visit Martinsville and Thomasville. (more…)
Tag Archives | 2020 summer collegiate season
Despite cancelations, grassroots baseball lives on
With the Minor League Baseball season canceled and many summer-collegiate leagues operating on a limited basis due to local restrictions, baseball has been a largely improvised endeavor across the country. Here are some developments worth noting. (more…)
Bravehearts looking for temporary 2020 home
With Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field unavailable because the College of the Holy Cross is closed, Worcester Bravehearts (summer collegiate; Futures League) owner John Creedon is looking for a 2020 temporary home. (more…)
Tough decisions as more play launches in 2020
As many summer-collegiate teams launch a limited season this week, the issue of how to manage fans is a big issue: just because teams can allow fans into the ballpark to watch the action, should they? (more…)
Coastal Plain League adds four more teams to season mix
The summer-collegiate Coastal Plain League will add four more teams in a Mid-Atlantic Division with North Carolina and Virginia teams, adding to the three teams slated for 2020 play. (more…)
Five MN/IA teams to comprise new Northwoods League pod
Five Minnesota and Iowa summer-collegiate Northwoods League teams will begin play as a regional pod beginning July 1, with play ending August 20 and no playoffs planned. (more…)
Futures League to launch six-team season on July 2
The summer-collegiate Futures Collegiate Baseball League will launch its 2020 season on July 2, with six teams playing a 39-game slate running through August 19. (more…)
Northwoods League clears Michigan pod for play
The summer-collegiate Northwoods League is launching a three-site Michigan pod for play, with six teams set to compete in Traverse City, Kalamazoo and Battle Creek. (more…)
TX, OK MiLB teams to host summer-collegiate play at unused ballparks
We’ve heard from a few Minor League Baseball owners offering their venues to summer-collegiate teams, but this is the first such announcement, and it’s a big one: Five MiLB organizations will be fielding six teams in the Texas Collegiate League. (more…)
Six Northwoods League teams to launch play July 1
A six-team pod of summer-collegiate Northwoods League teams will begin play on July 1, with the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders, Green Bay Booyah, La Crosse Loggers, Rockford Rivets, Wisconsin Rapids Rafters and Wisconsin Woodchucks launching their 2020 seasons. (more…)
Coastal Plain League announces July 1 season opener for three teams
The summer-collegiate Coastal Plain League will launch play on July 1 as three teams commit to regional play, with more teams coming on board depending on potential revisions in state and local regulations. (more…)
How baseball is returning, from summer collegiate and indy to MLB
With MLB and the MLBPA squabbling over a return of Major League Baseball, we’re seeing MLB teams prepping for the potential return of fans to the ballpark, while independent and summer-collegiate teams are doing the same under very challenging circumstances. (more…)
West Coast League cancels 2020 season
Another season cancelation in the summer-collegiate ranks, as the West Coast League will not play a 2020 season due to coronavirus-pandemic mitigation measures still in place in Washington State and Oregon. (more…)