Three years after we profiled her among four women excelling as MiLB broadcasters, Melanie Newman is the 2021 Ballpark Digest Award winner for MLB Broadcaster of the Year, honoring her work delivering the call of Baltimore Orioles games on MASN and 105.7 The Fan. (more…)
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2021 MiLB Broadcaster of the Year: Sam Levitt, Amarillo Sod Poodles
The awarding of Ballpark Digest’s Broadcaster of the Year is a highly competitive honor, one that takes into account the skill, diligence and innovation that a broadcaster shows both on and off the airwaves. The 2021 Ballpark Digest Awards choice for Broadcaster of the Year is someone who exemplifies this balance: the Voice of the Amarillo Sod Poodles (Double-A Central), Sam Levitt. […]
2021 Best New Food and Beverage: Beloit Sky Carp
Teams perpetually look for new ways to bring fans to the ballpark, and that includes creative food offerings. Successfully launching those new food and beverage efforts in the COVID era while moving into a new ballpark makes the Beloit Sky Carp (High-A Central) 2021 Ballpark Digest Awards winner for Best New Food and Beverage. (more…)
2021 Editor’s Choice Award: Jesse Cole and the Savannah Bananas
In a season that began with plenty of gloom and doom, the emergence of the Savannah Bananas and head Banana Jesse Cole was a breath of fresh air, earning them an Editor’s Choice Award in the 2021 Ballpark Digest Awards. (more…)
2021 Promotion of the Year: The Wonders reunite at Erie SeaWolves game
Just over 25 years ago, a man in a really nice camper put a song on the radio that launched a band called The Wonders. A memorable 2021 reunion of the That Thing You Do! cast at an Erie SeaWolves (Double-A Northeast) game is our 2021 Promotion of the Year in the annual Ballpark Digest awards. (more…)
Reminder: It’s awards season
Just a reminder: It’s the annual Ballpark Digest Awards season, and you have until Oct. 5 to submit nominations for a wide variety of industry honors. (more…)
Your winner in Best of the Ballparks, MLB Summer Collegiate: Calfee Park
Your winner in the 2021 MLB Summer Collegiate Best of the Ballparks fan vote: Motor Mile Field at Calfee Park, as the home of the Pulaski River Turtles won for the second year in a row. (more…)
Your winner in Best of the Ballparks, 2021 High-A: Maimonides Park
It’s been a big year for the Brooklyn Cyclones in a first year at full-season status: Maimonides Park is your winner in the 2021 MiLB Best of the Ballparks fan vote for High-A facilities. (more…)
It’s Clipper Magazine Stadium vs. Franklin Field in MLB Partner League finals
Your finalists in the 2021 Best of the Ballparks, MLB Partner Leagues fan vote: Clipper Magazine Stadium (Lancaster Barnstormers) vs. Franklin Field (Milwaukee Milkmen). So let the vote begin! (more…)
Voting now open in High-A MiLB Best of the Ballparks
We’ve launched the next round of fan voting, as we ask readers to weigh in on their favorites facilities in the High-A MiLB Best of the Ballparks competition. So let the voting begin! (more…)
Dunkin’ Donuts Park wins AA Best of the Ballparks fan vote
For the third time in five years, readers of ballparkdigest.com selected Dunkin’ Donuts Park, home of the Hartford Yard Goats, as their favorite Double-A ballpark in the annual Best of the Ballparks fan vote. (more…)
Las Vegas Ballpark snares AAA Best of the Ballparks win
For the second time in three years, readers of ballparkdigest.com selected Las Vegas Ballpark, home of the Las Vegas Aviators, as their favorite Triple-A ballpark in the annual Best of the Ballparks fan vote. (more…)
2019 Best Continual Ballpark Improvement: Citizens Bank Park
In a multiyear effort, the Philadelphia Phillies enhanced Citizens Bank Park with a series of successful renovations, yielding a better experience for fans of all ages. The project is being cited with the first-ever Best Continual Ballpark Improvement in the annual Ballpark Digest awards. (more…)