The ingredients are all there: Record attendance, sellout crowds, engaged ownership and a great front office devoted to a notable fan experience. For the amazing turnaround at Four Winds Field, the South Bend Cubs earned Ballpark Digest’s Team of the Year Award for 2015. (more…)
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2015 Executive of the Year: Eric Edelstein
Turnarounds are challenging for established Minor League Baseball teams, but the change in fortunes for the Pacific Coast League’s Reno Aces earns President Eric Edelstein Ballpark Digest’s Executive of the Year Award for 2015. (more…)
Ballpark Digest: On the move
The dust hasn’t quite settled, but we wanted to let you know about our new offices and our plans for awards and the Winter Meetings in coming weeks. (more…)
2015 Best New Food Item: Sweenie Donut Dog
In an era where fans are offered more than just the standard grub at a baseball game, one new food item combined a ballpark favorite with bacon and plenty of sugary goodness. The salty and sweet concoction earned the Sweenie Donut Dog from the Wilmington Blue Rocks Ballpark Digest’s Best New Food Item of 2015. […]
Time for Old Ballparks!
We’re in the midst of a pretty exciting playoff season, and we’ve been tracking former playoff ballparks on our Old Ballparks Facebook page and Twitter feed. Join us! (more…)
2015 Best New Logos/Branding: Daytona Tortugas
When an affiliation change forced Daytona’s baseball team to revamp its branding, the resulting Daytona Tortugas name and logo ended up launching the best new look in baseball, as chosen by the editors of Ballpark Digest. (more…)
News from the home office: New websites and books
Like many of our readers, we’re catching our breath after the end of the regular MiLB season. But we’ve been working hard on other projects outside baseball, and it’s time to share them with you. (more…)
Down to the wire: Help select our ballpark of the year
You have a day left to register your preference for Ballpark Digest’s Best New Ballpark of the Year, as we’re coming down to the Sept. 1 deadline for voting. (more…)
Help us choose the New Ballpark of the Year!
Help Ballpark Digest editors choose the Best New Ballpark of 2015 with your vote! Each year Ballpark Digest honors the best in baseball with its annual awards, and we’re introducing fan participation in 2015. So vote! (more…)
Best of the Ballparks: PNC Park
The fans have spoken: after multiple rounds of polling, Ballpark Digest readers have voted PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, as the leading Major League Baseball facility in the website’s Best of the Ballparks competition. (more…)
On the Road: July Ballpark Digest visits
We’ll be hitting the road over the next few weeks, handing out Ballpark Digest 2014 Awards, visiting some great ballparks and seeing some old friends in the Minor League Baseball world. (more…)
Meet Mark McCarter in Jackson, at SL All-Star Game
Mark McCarter will be making two appearances in Jackson and Montgomery, selling and signing his book, Never a Bad Game, published by Ballpark Digest‘s parent firm, August Publications. (more…)
The Week That Was: April 10-16, 2015
The futures of three teams — Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Pawtucket Red Sox (Class AAA; International League) in Rhode Island and Binghamton Mets (Class AA; Eastern League) in New York State — were addressed in the top stories of the past week on Ballpark Digest, as measured by page views. (more…)