Big changes are in store across Minor League Baseball this year. The first shoe dropped Tuesday with the announcement that the Appalachian League will relaunch in 2021 as a summer college wood-bat league specifically designed for rising freshman and sophomores, operated with the support of MLB and USA Baseball. (more…)
With Minor League Baseball shut down for the year and Major League Baseball struggling through a COVID-ridden shortened season in empty ballparks, it’s easy to think of 2020 as a lost season. But competitive baseball is still being played in front of fans in a handful of places. We visit Martinsville and Thomasville. (more…)
As fans filed into the Kansas City Royals spring training ballpark in Surprise, Arizona late on Thursday morning, many expressed their appreciation for the opportunity to simply see a baseball game. Any baseball game. (more…)
When plans were announced to place an independent Atlantic League team in North Carolina, it seemed like a real long shot to many industry insiders. With the opening of BB&T Point in downtown High Point, independent baseball joins the many baseball options in the Piedmont Triad. (more…)
The words “rained out” bring to mind a nearly empty grandstand, soggy employees pulling on the tarp, and players heading for the locker room. But not for the Savannah Bananas (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League). (more…)
Editor’s Note: Mark Cryan, former MiLB general manager and Ballpark Digest contributing editor, is releasing a series on his travels to the ballparks of the Dominican Winter League. What follows is part three of his three-part installment. (more…)
Editor’s Note: Mark Cryan, former MiLB general manager and Ballpark Digest contributing editor, is releasing a series on his travels to the ballparks of the Dominican Winter League. What is part two of his three-part installment. (more…)
Editor’s Note: Mark Cryan, former MiLB general manager and Ballpark Digest contributing editor, is releasing a series on his travels to the ballparks of the Dominican Winter League. What follows is an excerpt of part one of his three-part installment. (more…)
Editor’s Note: Mark Cryan, former MiLB general manager and Ballpark Digest contributing editor, embarked on an epic ballpark tour this summer, and he filed regular dispatches from the road. Today’s stop: Wrigley Field and U.S. Cellular Field. (more…)
Editor’s Note: Mark Cryan, former MiLB general manager and Ballpark Digest contributing editor, embarked on an epic ballpark tour this summer, and he filed regular dispatches from the road. Today’s stop: Target Field. (more…)
Editor’s Note: Mark Cryan, former MiLB general manager and Ballpark Digest contributing editor, embarked on an epic ballpark tour this summer, and he filed regular dispatches from the road. Today’s stop: Helena. (more…)
Editor’s Note: Mark Cryan, former MiLB general manager and Ballpark Digest contributing editor, embarked on an epic ballpark tour this summer, and he filed regular dispatches from the road. Today’s stop: Great Falls. (more…)
Editor’s Note: Mark Cryan, former MiLB general manager and Ballpark Digest contributing editor, embarked on an epic ballpark tour this summer, and he filed regular dispatches from the road. Today’s stop: Idaho Falls. (more…)
