Running two baseball teams is enough of a challenge for the best of organizations. So when Big Top Baseball, already successful with ownership of the Madison Mallards and the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters, decided to launch a new Kenosha team and take over operations in Green Bay, many bad things could have happened – but they […]
Potential progress on new Oakland A’s ballpark, and new Tennessee Smokies (Class AA; Southern League) and West Virginia Black Bears (short season A; NY-Penn League) branding. The top stories of the past week on Ballpark Digest, as measured by page views. (more…)
Over the weekend we hit the magic mark on Ballpark Digest, setting a record for annual page views. And it’s only September! Thanks to each and every one of you for your patronage and support: We couldn’t do it without you. So far in 2014 we’ve generated 10,613,070 page views. That breaks last year’s mark […]
Just a reminder that we’re accepting nominations for the 2014 Ballpark Digest Awards, where we honor the best and the brightest in all of baseball–MLB, MiLB, indy, summer collegiate and college. Last year saw a record of submissions from every level of baseball, and we want to break that record this year. So far we’ve […]
Metrodome recycling, affiliation news, attendance records and positioning for 2015 were the leading stories of the past week on Ballpark Digest, as measured by page views. We hit a few milestones this past week as well: we surpassed 10 million page views for the year, for the third year in a row. The difference: in […]
We hit another milestone late yesterday afternoon: We reached 10 million page views for the year, and we’re thanking each and every one of you for your patronage and support. We reached 10 million page views both in 2012 and 2013, but each time we reached that mark in December of the year. This year, […]
Yes, it’s that time of year again: The season for the annual Ballpark Digest Awards. Each year we honor the best and the brightest in all of baseball–MLB, MiLB, indy, summer collegiate, college–with a series of awards, culminating with our choices for best new ballpark and best ballpark renovations. Last year saw a record of […]
It’s that time of year when teams are already planning for the 2015 season, and we have two advertisers posting job openings on Ballpark Digest for Head Groundskeeper and VP/Lead Executive. Head GroundskeeperOur Class-A franchise, located in the Eastern Time Zone, is seeking to fill the position of Head Groundskeeper. The Head Groundskeeper is responsible […]
We’ve expanded our footprint on various social-media services, so there are plenty of ways to keep up with everything posted daily on Ballpark Digest. We know many of you are social-media mavens, and although the vast majority of Ballpark Digest readers come to the site daily (either directly or via an RSS feed), some of […]
This is truly humbling: for the sixth month in a row we’ve surpassed a million monthly page views on Ballpark Digest. Thanks once again: our readers rock. For the record, page views are up 68 percent over a year ago. We’ve surpassed a million page views every month in 2014. We’ve had plenty of excitement […]
Visiting a historic old ballpark in Kenosha, remembering Don Zimmer, and the unveiling of a new ballpark plan in Hartford were the top stories of the past week on Ballpark Digest, as measured by page views. Here they are: Simmons Field / Kenosha KingfishIn memoriam: Don ZimmerOriole Park in line to host 2016 ASG?Hartford ballpark […]
Limited posting today, as we’re headed to Chicago for the grand opening of Curtis Granderson Stadium, followed by a U.S. Cellular Field trip tonight and the annual trek to Wrigley Field tomorrow. We’ll have a full writeup tomorrow about the grand opening of Curtis Granderson Stadium, a keenly anticipated new home of the University of […]
It’s been a good month here at Ballpark Digest: lots of site activity and page views, topped off by visits to Scottsdale Stadium, Cubs Park and Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. The last three days saw the beginning of our spring-training travels in Phoenix. Gorgeous days to see some great ballparks, and we’ll have […]
