The Altoona Curve (Class AA; Eastern League) announced several staff changes for the upcoming season, including the promotion of Mike Passanisi to assistant GM. Director of Community Relations Elsie Gibney and Director of Creative Services John Foreman have both retired from baseball following long, successful tenures with the club. In addition, the Curve have promoted […]
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Aeros announce staff promotions
The Akron Aeros (Class AA; Eastern League) announced several front office changes in its ticketing department, including two promotions and three full-time staff additions. The two promotions are group sales representative Jeremy Heit, who was promoted to Assistant Director of Ticketing, and group sales representative Mitch Cromes, who was promoted to Senior Manager, Group Sales. […]
Parney named Eastern League Executive of the Year
Todd “Parney” Parnell, VP/COO of the Richmond Flying Squirrels, has been named the 2013 Class AA Eastern League Executive of the Year. The 2013 season marked Todd’s fourth with the Flying Squirrels. Parnell, who previously won the award in 2004 while with the Altoona Curve, will be presented with the award at the Baseball Winter […]
Tulsa Drillers, Hoppel score Texas League awards
The Tulsa Drillers were named the Class AA Texas League Organization of the Year for 2013, while Midland RockHounds GM Monty Hoppel was named executive of the year. “To be awarded the 2013 Texas League Organization of the Year is a tremendous honor for the entire Tulsa Drillers organization,” said general manager Mike Melega. “It […]
Veeck, Myers lead FSL Hall of Fame 2013 inductees
Mike Veeck, in his role as Fort Myers Miracle exec, and Ron Myers from the Lakeland Flying Tigers lead the nine inductees in the 2013 High Class A Florida State League Hall of Fame class. Players set for induction include players Al Nipper, Ramon Martinez, Jimmy Rollins and David Wright; current Baltimore Orioles manager Buck […]
Blue Crabs announce staff promotions
The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs (independent; Atlantic League) announced the promotions of Courtney Knichel, Sean Maher and Matthew Ammerman in the team’s front office. Knichel is one of the Blue Crabs original staff members beginning prior to the inaugural season in 2008. She has spent the past six seasons as the team’s Marketing Manager. The […]
Storm Chasers, Rafters announce staff additions/promotions
Some personnel news to convey: the Omaha Storm Chasers (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) promoted Andrea Stava to assistant GM, while the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) promoted Liz Kern and John Fanta. In addition, the Storm Chasers hired Sean Olson as the team’s new director of ticket sales. “The front office of […]
Broken Field of Dreams in Iowa
Since the 1989 release of Field of Dreams, there have been various efforts to monetize the Iowa cornfield used as a film set. The latest attempt, which includes 24 playing fields, an indy team and a $70M budget, appears to be in trouble as well. Ever since the world saw Kevin Costner greet the likes […]
Million thanks to Ballpark Digest readers
Around noon yesterday something happened at Ballpark Digest that had never happened before: the site surpassed a million page views in a month. Now, in this age of Internet publishing, it’s certainly not unique for a single website to generate these sorts of numbers, and in fact both Spring Training Online and New West (two […]
Rangers to reassign Purpura
In the wake of a disappointing season, the Texas Rangers are shaking up their front office and will reassign Tim Purpura, the team’s senior director of player development, to new duties for 2014. The news was reported by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. Purpura is well-known at almost every level of baseball. Besides serving as general […]
It’s a record!
Excuse us for the bragging: Ballpark Digest set a record for page views yesterday — 54,503 — in what’s turning out to be the best month in site history. Strong interest in the Ballpark Digest Awards — congrats again to the Hillsboro Hops and Lehigh Valley IronPigs — generated a lot of new readers of […]
Now Hiring: Quad Cities River Bandits
The Quad Cities River Bandits of the Midwest League are looking for a Director of Group Sales. Our Director of Group Sales works closely with (and reports directly to) our Vice President of Sales. This person is responsible for overseeing the Group Sales Department, sales, implementation, and strategic planning of new programs and initiatives to […]
One final reminder: today is deadline for 2013 Ballpark Digest Awards
One final reminder: Today is the deadline for nominations for the 2013 Ballpark Digest Awards, to be announced later this month. Each year we honor accomplishments in the baseball-business world, with honorees coming from the MLB, MiLB, independent, summer-collegiate and college ranks. We’ve run a few notices already and received submissions from teams at literally […]