By a narrow six-vote margin, fans selected Ebbets Field, former home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, over the Polo Grounds as their favorite former Major League Baseball ballpark in our Best of the Ballparks competition. (more…)
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Best of the Ballparks: MLB Edition
It’s our biggest Best of the Ballparks voting of the season, where we ask fans to weigh in on their favorite Major League Baseball ballparks, with polling planned up until an All-Star Game week announcement. (more…)
Best of the Ballparks: Former MLB Facilities
As we were planning the brackets for the MLB round of Best of the Ballparks voting, we saw something missing: any connection to the past. So we decided to introduce voting for the Best of the Ballparks focused on former MLB facilities. (more…)
Best of the Ballparks: Monongalia County Ballpark
We have our final winner in the MiLB Best of the Ballparks competition, as fans selected Monongalia County Ballpark (West Virginia Black Bears) over Susquehanna Bank Park at Historic Bowman Field (Williamsport Crosscutters) in the short season A level. (more…)
Best of the Ballparks: Melaleuca Field
It was the narrowest margin to date in the Best of the Ballparks voting, as fans chose Melaleuca Field (Idaho Falls Chukars) over Howard Johnson Field (Johnson City Cardinals) in the rookie-level competition. (more…)
Best of the Ballparks: Huntington Park
We have the final decision in Triple-A Best of the Ballparks voting: fans selected Huntington Park, home of the Columbus Clippers, over Durham Bulls Athletic Park, home of the Durham Bulls, in a battle of the heavyweights. (more…)
Best of the Ballparks: Regions Field
Another close vote, another winner: In Double-A Best of the Ballparks voting, fans voted for Regions Field, home of the Birmingham Barons, over Riverwalk Stadium, home of the Montgomery Biscuits. (more…)
Best of the Ballparks: Kokomo Municipal Stadium
We have another winner in the Best of the Ballparks contest to announce, this time in summer-collegiate facilities: fans chose Kokomo Municipal Stadium, home of the Kokomo Jackrabbits, over Athletic Park, home of the Wisconsin Woodchucks. (more…)
Best of the Ballparks: TD Bank Ballpark
We have a winner in Best of the Ballparks competition for independent ballparks. In heavy voting, fans chose TD Bank Ballpark, home of the Somerset Patriots, over CHS Field. (more…)
Best of the Ballparks: Frawley Stadium
After tens of thousands of fan votes, we have a winner for the High A Best of the Ballparks competition: Frawley Stadium, home of the Wilmington Blue Rocks. (more…)
Best of the Ballparks: Modern Woodmen Park
Over the next three days we’ll be announcing winners of our Best of the Ballparks competition and wrapping up voting in a few other categories. The winner at the Low A level: Modern Woodmen Park, home of the Quad Cities River Bandits of the Midwest League. (more…)
2014 Executive of the Year: Dan Rajkowski
Talk about a comeback: With a new ballpark and new branding, the Charlotte Knights (Class AAA; International League) led MiLB teams in attendance and brought baseball back to the Queen City. For that turnaround, EVP/COO Dan Rajkowski is Executive of the Year in Ballpark Digest’s annual awards. (more…)
2014 Best Marketing Campaign: Lehigh Valley IronPigs
Unveiling new 2014 uniforms ended up being a huge offseason event for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs: the new bacon-themed look was successfully promoted via various social-media and Web-based initiatives under a Smell the Change campaign. For that effort, the IronPigs received Best Marketing Campaign in Ballpark Digest’s annual awards. (more…)