After announcing yesterday that all spring sports would be cancelled, the Big Ten has reconsidered and will instead suspend competition, including men’s baseball, until April 6, 2020 and will re-evaluate at that time–but it may not matter. (more…)
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After three years, TD Ameritrade Park on edge of profitability
Big crowds at the College World Series and a well-attended outdoor hockey event could put Omaha’s TD Ameritrade Park in the black for the first time. The business plan behind the $131-million ballpark, built expressly to house the College World Series, is a little wonky: the NCAA gets a huge guaranteed chunk of the revenues, as […]
College World Series field emerging; LSU and Indiana in
After some Super Regionals concluded over the weekend, the field is close to being set for the 2013 College World Series, which launches this weekend in Omaha with a few old and new faces, including LSU and Indiana. Five of the eight Super Regionals have concluded. For the most part, the current lineup for the […]
Fall games pitched by Big Ten
Fall games that would count toward College World Series eligibility is being pitched by Big Ten coaches and officials as a way to level the NCAA baseball playing field, currently dominated by southern and western squads. It’s no secret Big Ten coaches and administrators are frustrated by the imbalance in college baseball: SEC and PAC-12 […]
Brown steps down as Lakewood BlueClaws GM
In a weird coincidence, Geoff Brown is the second MiLB GM named Brown to step down today, in this case as GM of the Lakewood BlueClaws (Low Class A; Sally League). He’s moving on to Rutgers University as Senior Associate Athletic Director/Chief Marketing Officer for Rutgers Athletics and will start work there on February 11. […]
Purdue holds first practices at new Alexander Field
The Purdue Boilermakers baseball team held its first practices at Alexander Field, slated to open next season as the team’s new home. There’s been an arms race of sorts in the Big Ten, with both Purdue and the University of Minnesota slated to open new ballparks next season, and Purdue officials say the replacement for […]
Target Field lands Big Ten baseball tourney
Target Field, home of the MInnesota Twins, will host the 2013 Big Ten baseball tournament, as the event moves out of Columbus for the first time since 2008. It’s also the first time the event will be played at a Major League Baseball facility. In most of the tournament’s history it was played at the […]
Two new ballparks emerging in Champaign?
University of Illinois officials are debating the merits of a renovated Illinois Field, but city officials say their pursuit of a Low Class A Midwest League team won’t allow any cooperation on a new facility. Illinois Field, the home of the Illini baseball team, has been surpassed on the facilities front by other Big Ten […]
The Week That Was: March 4
The future of baseball in Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, a ballpark that looks like a volcano, and the potential end to Thirsty Thursday in Illinois. The top stories of the past week on Ballpark Digest, as measured in page views. Sale still pending for SWB Yankees; could team depart? New for 2013: Estadio Sonora Pomeranz joining Padres broadcast […]
Coach: Big Ten should play in summer, skip College World Series
In a move that would marginalize Big Ten baseball and drive away gifted ballplayers, U of Minnesota coach John Anderson says his conference should play in the summer and skip the College World Series. The rationale is clear: since Big Ten teams besides the winner of the conference tourney are rarely invited to the NCAA […]
DLR lands Golden Gopher design gig
The DLR Group landed the design contract for the new University of Minnesota replacement for Siebert Field, with PCL Construction Services inked to build it. The first phase of construction, slated to open in 2013, will include a new grandstand (with concessions and restrooms), new seating and a new plaza to the south uniting the […]
Big Ten tourney up for grabs
The Big Ten baseball tournament is up after this year’s tourney in Columbus, with several ballpark operators already submitting bids — including two in Omaha. The tournament is held in late May, with the winner awarded an automatic NCAA tourney bid. Since moving to a neutral site the tournament has been held in Columbus, with […]
New for 2013: Bart Kaufman Field
The Indiana University has a name for its new ballpark: Bart Kaufman Field, named after a major donor to the $19.8-million baseball/softball project. Kaufman is a former IU baseball student-athlete and chairman and CEO of Indianapolis-area Kaufman Financial Corp. “Indiana University is deeply grateful to alumnus Bart Kaufman for his generosity toward the development of […]