We have a significant milestone coming up for the Albuquerque Isotopes (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League): the team will welcome the 7-millionth fan in team history to Isotopes Park this weekend. (more…)
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CBS Sports Network to highlight 10 MiLB games
Some great games on the docket for CBS Sports Network in 2015, as the network will televise 10 marquee Minor League Baseball regular-season games for the second season. (more…)
Isotopes make annual payment to Albuquerque: $1.3M+
If it’s the beginning of the season, it’s time for the Albuquerque Isotopes (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) to make the annual rent payment to the city. This year’s check: $1,371,412.73. (more…)
‘Topes go purple for Sunday home games
With a new parent in the form of the Colorado Rockies, the Albuquerque Isotopes (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) are donning purple threads exclusively during Sunday home games. (more…)
Isotopes unveil new alt look for 2015
We have a new alternate logo and jersey for the Albuquerque Isotopes (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League), to be worn by the team for Friday night games. (more…)
Rockies: Building a western base
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs made a huge stir in the offseason in remaking their farm systems, but lost in the shuffle was the work by Colorado Rockies to centralize a system in the Mountain Time Zone. (more…)
Year-end countdown: #1, Affiliate Dance
We end our review of the top ten stories covered on Ballpark Digest in 2014 with the top story of the year: the MLB/MiLB affiliate dance. (more…)
Isotopes, Rockies sign four-year PDC
Another very noteworthy PDC shift: the Albuquerque Isotopes (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) and the Colorado Rockies announced a new four-year player development contract, through 2018. “The Rockies are a class organization and are a natural geographic fit for us,” Isotopes President Ken Young said in a press release. “We have known them for several […]
Affiliation news: Tulsa to announce Dodgers PDC today
Another big move in the 2015-2016 affiliation world comes today when the Tulsa Drillers (Class AA; Texas League) will announce a new Los Angeles Dodgers player development contract (PDC) at an afternoon press conference. It’s one of three press conferences set to announce new PDCs today. Also scheduled: an Oklahoma City RedHawks (Class AAA; Pacific […]
Ten tossed after Aces/Isotopes brawl
It was an epic baseball brawl in the Pacific Coast League, with nine players and Aces manager Phil Nevin tossed after a benches-clearing incident between Reno and the Albuquerque Isotopes Saturday night. Tensions had been rising between the two squads since an incident Friday night, when Isotopes third baseman Erisbel Arruebarrena took his time circling […]
Great ballpark crowds greet Independence Day games
Record crowds in Albuquerque and Winston-Salem, a record-setting homestand in Colorado Springs, over 6,000 fans braving the cresting Mississippi River in Davenport, and sellouts in Omaha, Richmond and Birmingham were among the attendance highlights on the Fourth of July. Really, there’s nothing more American than a night at the ballpark, followed by fireworks. (We spent […]
MiLB teams to celebrate Independence Day with Stars & Stripes caps
It’s turned into a great tradition: Minor League Baseball teams will be selling Stars & Stripes caps this Independence Day weekend to raise funds for a worthy cause: Welcome Back Veterans. It’s the fifth consecutive year for the promotion, where 113 teams will wear the specialty New Era caps as part of fundraising and awareness […]
Isotopes’ Olivo goes Mike Tyson on teammate
This should be one of the most unusual MiLB stories of the year: Alex Guerrero had part of his ear bitten off by Miguel Olivo when the two Albuquerque Isotopes (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) scuffled in a dugout dispute. Shortstop Alex Guerrero, a 27-year-old Cuban defector who signed a big contract with the Dodgers […]