Tomorrow marks the 20th anniversary of the 1994 players’ strike, and since then MLB went from seriously bad times in 1995 to a huge spike in revenues, attendance and public awareness. Here’s how it happened. Irving Rein, Ben Shields and Adam Grossman lay out a pretty compelling timeline of how MLB owners regrouped after the […]
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Augusta ballpark plan unveiled; Eiseman, Schoen to buy GreenJackets
A new plan for an Augusta GreenJackets (Low Class A; Sally League) ballpark was unveiled today, as was confirmation that Ripken Baseball VP Jeff Eiseman and investor Chris Schoen would be buying the team. Agon Sports & Entertainment is technically the buyer of the team; Agon is made up of Eiseman and Schoen. Eiseman has […]
Vi Ripken kidnapped, released
Vi Ripken, the mother of Bill Ripken and Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr., was kidnapped yesterday and released today, sans ransom note or any clue as to exactly why she was targeted. The 74-year-old Vi, married to the late Cal Ripken Sr. until his death in 1999, spent a day in her car after a […]