A new ballpark for the Brevard County Manatees (High Class A; Florida State League) has been pitched once again to Winter Park officials, as the team continues to look for a new home in the Orlando area. We’re talking about the beginning of the process here, as the Winter Park City Commission yesterday discussed potential […]
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Personnel moves in Everett, Bowling Green, Battle Creek
Lots of personnel news for the Everett AquaSox (short season A; Northwest League), Bowling Green Hot Rods and Great Lakes Loons (Low Class A; Midwest League), Corpus Christi Hooks (Class AA; Texas League), Battle Creek Bombers and Waterloo Bucks (summer collegiate; Northwoods League). In Everett, Katie Crawford Woods has been named Assistant General Manager of […]
Help wanted: Controller / accounting manager for NJ minor league team
Ideal position for a current accounting manager ready to take the next step! A New Jersey minor league team is currently searching to fill the position of Controller. The Controller will oversee the Accounting Department and report to the team’s ownership and General Manager. The Controller is responsible for protection of the company assets, and […]
Freier to attend Columbia ballpark discussion
Veteran minor-league owner Jason Freier will be on hand tonight for a Columbia (S.C.) City Council discussion about a proposed ballpark development. Freier, whose Hardball Capital owns the Fort Wayne TinCaps (Low Class A; Midwest League) and the Savannah Sand Gnats (Low Class A; Sally League) and was instrumental in the Parkview Field development that […]
New ballpark feasible for Columbia: study
Columbia (S.C.) is the second-largest U.S. market without pro sports and could support a return of Minor League Baseball, but questions remain about a funding source for a proposed $41.8-million ballpark. A report prepared by Brailsford & Dunlavey indicates the market is robust enough to support minor-league baseball, despite some potential competition with the USC […]
Spikes embrace chilly scenes of winter with free ice cream
Brilliant: the State College Spikes (short season A; NY-Penn League) are giving away free slices of ice-cream cake between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Tuesday at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, in partnership with a local Dairy Queen. An Arctic Blast is predicted for Central Pennsylvania tomorrow, with high temperatures predicted to be in […]
In memoriam: Jerry Coleman
He may not have been a classic broadcaster, but the beloved war hero, long-time New York Yankee and entertaining Voice of the San Diego Padres had a passion for the game: Jerry Coleman passed away today. He was 89. The news was first transmitted by the Padres. Coleman was the Voice of the Padres for […]
Ericson, Gill elected to MLB Groundskeepers Hall of Fame
Dick Ericson, retired from the Minnesota Twins, and the late Harry Gill, formerly of the Milwaukee Brewers, are the 2014 inductees to the MLB Groundskeepers Hall of Fame. The honors come after a vote by the Association of Major League Baseball (MLB) Groundskeepers. To be considered for induction to the MLB Groundskeepers Hall of Fame, […]
New for 2014 from August Publications
With nine book titles set for release in the beginning of 2014 and a host of new publishing outlets, we have lots of August Publications news for the new year. First, we have NY-Penn League and Southern League histories planned for the spring, as well as second editions of Cradle of the Game, The Baseball Thesaurus […]
Final days of Knights Stadium
We’ll have more on the Metrodome today, but tis the season for ballparks to close: today is the last day of operations at Knights Stadium, home of the Charlotte Knights (Class AAA; International League). Dan Rajkowski, Scott Brown and crew are closing the doors on the tenure of the Knights in suburban Fort Mill, S.C., […]
Countdown to Candlestick’s final act
Barring an unlikely series of events, tonight marks the final game at Candlestick Park, built for the San Francisco Giants and now home of the NFL’s 49ers. Jesse Goldberg-Strassler looks back at the historic venue. The New York Giants won the World Series in 1954, drawing over one million fans to the Polo Grounds. Two […]
Ten million thanks this holiday season
Sometime late afternoon Saturday Ballpark Digest set a record for annual page views, with 10,265,887 so far for 2013. That’s slightly more than 2012 and 23 percent more than in 2011. When we launched ballparkwatch.com a decade ago, we didn’t dream it would turn into a full-fledged publishing company with multiple websites and books in […]
Search on for new Palm Beach County site for ‘Stros/Jays spring complex
With a Palm Beach Gardens location for a new Houston Astros/Toronto Blue Jays spring-training complex off the table, the search is on for a new site within Palm Beach County. The issues: questions about the appropriateness of a regional park as the future home of the complex (which would be near two schools and require […]