A strong logo is instant identity for a baseball team. It should be appropriate for a variety of uses, and it should portray the team’s marketing image in a positive, forceful way. And it should also transcend the local market — the better for merchandise sales and branding. Today we honor two new logos that […]
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2009 BPD Promotions of the Year: Trenton, Lakewood and Quad Cities
Minor-league baseball teams live and die with their promotional schedules, which is why they’re such a preoccupation in so many front offices. Every team now has a promotion virtually every game of the season, whether it’s a Thirsty Thursday or a bobblehead giveaway. There were many great promotions during the 2009 season, but promotions from […]
2009 BPD Broadcaster of the Year: Mike Capps
There’s no mistaking who’s behind the mike when the Round Rock Express take the field, as broadcaster Mike Capps continues one of the most successful runs in baseball. This long and distinguished career, which culminated in Capps calling the Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game on ESPN2, led to his being named by Ballpark Digest editors […]
2009 BPD Executive of the Year: Rick Brenner
We launch Awards Week on Ballpark Digest by naming Rick Brenner, president/general manager of the Class AA New Hampshire Fisher Cats and president of the Class A Bowling Green Hot Rods, as our Executive of the Year. Wearing two hats in the business world is hard enough, but doing so successfully in one of the […]
Today’s the deadline for 2009 Ballpark Digest Award nominations
Each year Ballpark Digest editors honor significant achievements in the baseball world with the Ballpark Digest Awards. The decisions about winners are made by Ballpark Digest editors, but they're made with significant input from the baseball community: last year there were over 300 pages of documentation — award submissions, email messages nominating favorites, etc. — […]
Announcing the 2009 Ballpark Digest Awards nominating process
Each year Ballpark Digest editors honor significant achievements in the baseball world with the Ballpark Digest Awards. The decisions about winners are made by Ballpark Digest editors, but they're made with significant input from the baseball community: last year there were over 300 pages of documentation — award submissions, email messages nominating favorites, etc. — […]
Organization of the Year: Joseph Finley and Craig Stein
OK, so technically the pair of Joseph Finley and Craig Stein doesn’t comprise a single organization; they jointly own two teams and separately own two others. Still, 2008 was a banner year for the various Finley/Stein entities. The inaugural season for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Class AAA; International League) was by any measure a resounding […]
Lifetime Achievement: San Antonio’s Roy Acuff
This year’s winner of the Ballpark Digest Lifetime Achievement Award goes to Roy Acuff, the longtime voice of the San Antonio Missions (Class AA; Texas League). The Dean of Texas League Broadcasters, Acuff has been the Voice of the Missions for 20 seasons, but he goes even farther back in the Texas League; in 1974 […]
Best Promotions of 2008: St. Paul Saints, Fresno Grizzlies
In a year of great promotions, two stood out as we were contemplating the Best Promotion of 2008: the St. Paul Saints’ Bobblefoot Giveaway on National Tap Dance Day, and Totally Rad ’80s Night from the Fresno Grizzlies. The Saints honored “tappers” during National Tap Dance Day by giving away a bobblefoot to the first […]
2008 New Logo of the Year: Quad Cities River Bandits
A great logo is the same as a great brand, which is why minor-league teams are so focused on creating a distinctive, marketable logo. This season saw a whole slew of great logos to hit the market, which made choosing the logo of the year a very difficult task. In the end, we went with […]
2008 Executive of the Year: Joe Ricciutti, Staten Island Yankees
Joe Ricciutti, who turned around the Staten Island Yankees (short season; NY-Penn League) over the last two seasons, is the recipient of the Executive of the Year citation in the 2008 Ballpark Digest Awards. Joe Ricciutti, who turned around the Staten Island Yankees (short season; NY-Penn League) over the last two seasons, is the recipient […]
MiLB Charities, Texas League snare Editor’s Choice Awards from Ballpark Digest
In choosinG the winners of the Ballpark Digest Awards, we’re always cognizant of a feel-good story. Under the Editor’s Choice Award category, we have two organizations that really typify why we love the game: MiLB Charities and the Texas League. The first award goes to Minor League Baseball as a whole for the establishment of […]
River Bandits radio spots earn citation from Ballpark Digest
Radio is an cost-effective production medium for almost every baseball team, but not every team puts the effort into a great, continuing campaign. Today’s award for Best Radio Campaign goes to the Quad Cities River Bandits (Low Class A; Midwest League) for a radio campaign that began before the season started and lasted throughout the […]