Good season for the Gastonia Grizzlies: the summer-collegiate team paced the Coastal Plain League in attendance and set a team record in the process. The Grizzlies broke the previous attendance record set in 2011 by more than 7,000 fans, spurred by nine games over 3,000 fans, including two sellouts, with a June 2 mark of […]
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New Marlins ballpark a failure? Hardly
We’ve seen a raft of articles declaring Marlins Park a failure, but we’re not so sure; the new Miami ballpark has led to a 49 percent increase in per-game attendance from old ballpark to new — the third-best this century. It’s easy to blast the Miami Marlins front office for ineptitude, especially after the trading […]
Scrappers on verge of welcoming 2-millionth fan
Another milestone to note: the Mahoning Valley Scrappers (short season A: NY-Penn League) will welcome the 2-millionth fan in team history at some point during an upcoming homestand. Heading into the next homestand beginning Wednesday, the Scrappers are only 6,710 fans away from two million. The two millionth fan entering Eastwood Field will receive a […]
Toole pulls two teams from Midwest Collegiate League
The summer-collegiate Midwest Collegiate League is down by two teams after Jamie Toole pulled his franchises, the Will County CrackerJacks and the Illinois Lincolns, from the circuit effective immediately. Finances and a disagreement over the future of the league were the reasons he pulled the teams, Toole told us via email this morning. It’s been a hard […]
Reds enjoying great year on field, at box office
A first-place team has good crowds filling Great American Ball Park, home of the Cincinnati Reds, as the team is on pace to come close to setting a franchise record for GABP attendance. At the current pace, the Reds would draw 2,340,576 fans this season, just a little less than the Great American Ball Park record of […]
Experience establishes Silver Knights in Nashua market
The Nashua Silver Knights (summer collegiate; Futures Collegiate Baseball League) are seeing an uptick at the box office this season, as a second season at historic Holman Stadium is reassuring fans the team is there to stay. Baseball has had a bumpy history at Holman Stadium in recent years; indy baseball failed to gain a […]
The Week That Was: July 15
Tampa Bay attendance woes, MLB TV contracts, a new El Paso ballpark and spring training made news this week. The most popular stories of the past seven days on Ballpark Digest, as measured by page views. Selig: Rays attendance is “inexcusable” NBC vying for piece of MLB media-rights pie? El Paso: Let’s sell Cohen Stadium […]
Mallards to welcome two-millionth fan in team history tonight
The Madison Mallards (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) will welcome their two-millionth fan in team history tonight, as a big crowd should be there to mark the milestone and wish team president Vern Stenman a happy birthday. The 137th fan to walk through the Warner Park gates tonight will be the Mallards’ two-millionth fan and win a […]
Midseason at Albert Park: How is the NAL doing?
The Albert Park Advisory Committee will be conducting a midseason review of the operations of the San Rafael Pacifics (independent; North American League) next Monday; we’ll do the same for the entire league now. Going forward with a 2012 season after the defection of several teams was a pretty gutsy move for the league owners: […]
Selig: Rays attendance is “inexcusable”
Taking a shot aimed more toward apathetic fans than the forces preventing a new ballpark, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig said the Tampa Bay Rays attendance — or lack thereof — is “inexcusable.” Speaking at his annual press conference during All-Star festivities, the commissioner noted the Rays were 29th in MLB attendance (20,582 fans a game) […]
RockHounds ready to welcome 7-millionth fan
Another milestone to note: the Midland RockHounds (Class AA; Texas League) are on the verge of welcoming the 7-millionth fan in team history to Citibank Ballpark. Going into tonight’s game, the RockHounds franchise has drawn 6,997,841 fans to Christensen Stadium and Citibank Ballpark the past 41 years. From affiliations with the Cubs, the Angels and the […]
River Bandits welcome 7 millionth fan
The Quad Cities River Bandits reached a franchise milestone last night, welcoming the seven-millionth fan to attend a game since the team began playing in the Midwest League in 1960. With the River Bandits’ crowd of 2,898 at Modern Woodmen Park for Saturday’s game against the Clinton Lumberkings, a total of 7,000,201 fans have witnessed […]
Blue Wahoos hit 200,000 fans, 28 sellouts
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Class AA; Southern League) hit two milestones Thursday night, welcoming the 200,000th fan during this season’s 28th sellout at Pensacola Bayfront Stadium. The Wahoos are the first Southern League team to hit the 200,000 milestone this season. “It is a great tribute to our dedicated community that we were the first team […]