Sad story to report: Bill Valentine, former GM/exec with the Arkansas Travelers (Class AA; Texas League) and one of the game’s great personalities, passed away Sunday morning. He was 82. (more…)

Sad story to report: Bill Valentine, former GM/exec with the Arkansas Travelers (Class AA; Texas League) and one of the game’s great personalities, passed away Sunday morning. He was 82. (more…)
For the baseball team owners, execs and front-office personnel who were at last night’s Ballpark Digest Awards Reception at the Winter Meetings, I can say only one thing: thank you. (more…)
Great choice: Bill Valentine, long-time Arkansas Travelers (Class AA; Texas League) executive and current VP of the Texas League, is this year’s King of Baseball. (more…)
Paul Allen is the interim general manager of the Arkansas Travelers (Class AA; Texas League), as Pete Laven is no longer with the team. Also let go by the Travs: David Kay, assistant general manager for tickets, as reported by Arkansas Business. Laven had been general manager of the Travelers since 2007, replacing Bill Valentine […]
Another piece of history went off into the sunset this weekend, as 500 seats from Ray Winder Field, the former home of the Arkansas Travelers (Class AA; Texas League), were given away to baseball fans waiting overnight in line. Fans arrived on Friday night for the Saturday morning giveaway of the old-fashioned metal-and-iron folding chairs, […]