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Ballpark Visit: Recreation Park / Visalia Rawhide

The two-year extreme makeover of Visalia's Recreation Park is now complete, as Visalia Rawhide owner Tom Seidler and architect Tom Larimer celebrate years of planning and overcoming unexpected obstacles. But out of adversity comes opportunity, and the new Recreation Park bears witness to what can be done with a seemingly dead-end facility. John Moist visits […]

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Palm Bay explores new ballpark

The Treasure Coast city is exploring funding a new ballpark, but landing a team is dependent on the Brevard County Manatees leaving the market. Palm Bay (Fla.) Mayor John Mazziotti has formed an exploratory committee to look at funding a new ballpark for a Florida State League team, a move dependent on the Brevard County […]

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Baseball advisory board formed in Loudoun County

Harmon Killebrew, Peter Kirk and Brooks Robinson are on the advisory group working toward a new ballpark and Atlantic League franchise in suburban Washington, D.C. The Kincora Baseball Investment Group today announced the formation of a Kincora Baseball Advisory Board. The investment group has proposed a 5,500-seat minor-league ballpark close to the intersections of routes […]

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O-Royals draw 11-millionth fan

A crowd of 6,090 fans came out to watch the Omaha Royals (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) game Thursday night at Rosenblatt Stadium. That pushed the all-time attendance of the franchise to 11,004,819 fans in its 41-year history. A crowd of 6,090 fans came out to watch the Omaha Royals (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) […]

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2008 attendance figures posted

We know a lot of our readers rely on this information, so we’ve spent some time going through files from the old site and updating for the current setup. Today we unveil the attendance figures from the 2008 season, broken down by average overall, average in summer-collegiate leagues, average in independent leagues, and average in […]

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Fisher Cats shatter more attendance records

The New Hampshire Fisher Cats set two franchise attendance records in one day when a standing-room-only crowd of 7,698 attended Thursday morning's Fisher Cats/Portland Sea Dogs game at Merchantsauto.com Stadium.The New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Class AA; Eastern League) set two franchise attendance records in one day when a standing-room-only crowd of 7,698 attended Thursday morning's […]

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