This week it was announced that Minor League Baseball and online small business loan provider OnDeck will extend their corporate partnership into the 2016 season. The partnership, which began in 2015, aims to connect small businesses owners with their communities through elaborate promotions that include contests and on-field ceremonies. (more…)
Always known for their original tributes to TV shows, the Brooklyn Cyclones (Short Season A; NY-Penn League) are at it again, this time with a Full House theme night. On July 9, the Cyclones will stage Brooklyn Fill the House, an homage to the former ABC sitcom Full House and its reboot, Netflix’s Fuller House. (more…)
It was a promotion that worked on several levels, with plenty of heart and an effective way to announce the launch of the 2015 season. That’s why Ambush Baseball from the Brooklyn Cyclones (short season A; NY-Penn League) was named Ballpark Digest’s Promotion of the Year Award for 2015. (more…)
With the Minor League Baseball season winding down, the time has come to reflect on some of the best promotions covered in Promotions Watch in 2015 and look ahead to some of the events fans can expect to see in 2016. (more…)
The airing of tonight’s MLB Draft signals the arrival of short season baseball and a new batch of promotions to look forward to over the coming weeks. Some of the best offerings across four leagues—New York-Penn, Northwest, Appalachian and Pioneer leagues—which include theme nights and giveaways are covered in this week’s Promotions Watch. (more…)
Nostalgia for the 1990s and its entertainment offerings is fully evident as it relates to the television show theme nights, which are common across Minor League Baseball this year. Some of the most notable theme nights—which feature special jerseys as well as celebrity appearances—are the focus of this week’s Promotions Watch. (more…)
Man, do we remember the days of green slime — and so do the Brooklyn Cyclones (short season A; NY-Penn League), who are joining forces with Nickelodeon on a ‘90s Are All That Night promo, with Kel Mitchell (of Kenan & Kel) throwing out the first pitch. Prior to the game, 100 fans will be […]
This should be one of the MiLB promo highlights of the season: the Brooklyn Cyclones (short season A; NY-Penn League) are celebrating 25 years of nothing in a Seinfeld promo on July 5. It’s quite clever, really: put together the Soup Nazi, lots of fan participation and tons of Seinfeld references (Junior Mints, marble rye […]
The 10th Annual New York-Penn League All-Star Game will be held Aug. 19 at MCU Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones. MCU Park, which hosted the first-ever New York-Penn League All-Star Game in 2005, will once again welcome the best the league has to offer. “We are excited that the NYPL All-Star Game is coming back […]
A statue of Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese outside MCU Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones (short season A; NY-Penn League), was defaced with swastikas and anti-Semitic epithets overnight. Cyclones employees were able to remove most of the spray paint before a scheduled matinee today. From ESPN New York: The statue shows Reese with […]
Six months after Superstorm Sandy trashed much of MCU Park, home of the Brooklyn Cyclones (short season A; NY-Penn League), the ballpark is ready for baseball well in advance of the scheduled June 18 Opening Day. As you’ll recall, Superstorm Sandy was the deadliest and most expensive hurricane last year, moving up the Atlantic Coast […]
The Voice of the Brooklyn Cyclones (short season A; NY-Penn League) and the man descriibing the action on This Week In Baseball, Warner Fusselle, has passed away. He was 68. Fusselle passed away on Sunday evening from an apparent heart attack, just a week before what would have been his 12th Opening Day as the radio play-by-play […]
The New York Mets and the independent Atlantic League were the only two entities to submit bids to build a new ballpark in Nassau as part of the redevelopment of Nassau Coliseum. It’s the second battle between the Atlantic League and affiliated in recent months (the indy circuit also submitted a bid for Harry Grove […]
