Talk about purely random: the Akron RubberDucks (Class AA; Eastern League) are hosting Dave Appreciation Night on Friday, honoring a Dave of the Game — Dave Szucs, to be exact. (more…)
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The Baseball Thesaurus up for MIPA award
The Baseball Thesaurus, from broadcaster and author Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, is a finalist in the Recreation/Sports category of the 25th Anniversary Midwest Book Awards. The Baseball Thesaurus was published in 2014 by Lineup Books, an imprint of August Publications. (more…)
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…)
Grizzlies go big with World’s Largest Tickets
The heck with electronic tickets for the Gastonia Grizzlies (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League): this season the team is unveiling the World’s Largest Tickets for admission to Sims Park. (more…)
SB Cubs set another attendance record
Two attendance records in 10 days comprises a pretty good start to the South Bend Cubs (Low Class A; Midwest League) tenure as a new Chicago Cubs farm team, with another attendance mark set today. (more…)
Salem Red Sox extend Lewis-Gale Field lease
The Salem Red Sox (High Class A; Carolina League) and the city of Salem executed a ten-year extension of the lease of Lewis-Gale Field at Salem Memorial Ballpark, which expired at the end of the 2014 season. (more…)
Second phase of Athletic Park renovations set for 2016
The second round of renovations to Wausau’s Athletic Park, home of the Wisconsin Woodchucks (summer collegiate; Northwoods League), are set to begin after the end of the 2015 season. (more…)
IronPigs to serve broccoli at ballpark — deep-fried, that is
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is once again crusading against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Class AAA; International League) and bacon, so the team is responding by putting broccoli on the menu — deep-fried bacon-cheddar broccoli, that is. (more…)
Rookie to make Thunder debut Thursday
More ballpark dog news: Rookie, the third generation of golden retrievers pleasing Trenton Thunder (Class AA; Eastern League) fans at Arm & Hammer Park, will make his debut Thursday. (more…)
Miss Babe Ruth to retire at end of season
The end of an era: Miss Babe Ruth, the beloved Labrador Retriever bat and ball dog for the Greensboro Grasshoppers (Low Class A; Sally League), will retire at the end of the 2015 season. (more…)
Records broken by Timber Rattlers, Miracle
The first four days of the season saw two attendance records toppled, as the Fort Myers Miracle (High Class A; Florida State League) set a game record and the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (Low Class A; Midwest League) set a season-opener record. (more…)
Fightin Phils sign Feesers as food service provider, sponsor
The Reading Fightin Phils (Class AA; Eastern League) have a new multiyear deal with Feesers, Inc. Distributors as the team’s food service supplier at FirstEnergy Stadium, with Feesers also holding signage and be the presenting sponsor for two games this season. (more…)
Personnel news from Everett, Jamestown
We have personnel news today from the Everett AquaSox (short season A; Northwest League) and the Jamestown Jammers (summer collegiate; Prospect League). (more…)