Professional Sports Catering and the Peoria Chiefs (Low Class A; Midwest League) announced today that Professional Sports Catering, LLC will manage the food and beverage operation at the home of the Chiefs, O’Brien Field. “We are thrilled to be partnering with the Chiefs,” said Tom Dickson, CEO of PSC. “O’Brien Field is one of the […]
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Front-office changes in Charleston, Troy
Some new and promoted faces for Minor League Baseball teams today, as the Charleston RiverDogs (Class A; Sally League) and the Tri-City ValleyCats (short season A; NY-Penn League) announce personnel changes. Noel Blaha, a former Charleston RiverDogs intern who has served as the club’s box office manager the past four years, has been promoted to […]
Details emerge on proposed West Chester ballpark
As the Turk’s Head Stadium Alliance continues to work on state funding for a new West Chester (Pa.) ballpark, details about the scope of the project and its funding sources emerge — but its location may cause some issues in Minor League Baseball unless the Philadelphia Phillies are part of the mix. The actual plan […]
Phillies: Not so fast on the new West Chester ballpark
Officials with the Philadelphia Phillies tell us they made no commitment to bringing a minor-league team to West Chester, Pa., as a press conference today to announce the project showed plenty of holes in the plan for a new $40-million ballpark. The press conference today had been billed as a presentation for a fait accompli […]
Phillies, West Chester agree on new ballpark
After years of rumor and false starts, the city of West Chester, Pa., has snared the Philadelphia Phillies as a partner of sorts on a new ballpark, with the Phils pledging a Class A team for the facility if the city will build. And the city will build. The plan is for the West Chester […]
Ashford University Field / Clinton LumberKings
Ashford University Field is living proof of one prime rule for ballparks: Never, ever tear down an old facility. There are precious few ballparks out there that so successfully combine the old and the new as Ashford University Field, and any community trying to figure out what to do with a historic, old facility should […]
Florida State League
The Florida State League began play in 1919 with six teams in the greater Orlando-Tampa corridor and, despite some hard times, is now one of the oldest minor leagues still in existence. Its existence predated the emergence of spring training in Florida, but spring training has been a factor in keeping this league alive. Class […]
Carolina League
The Carolina League began life after World War II as a North Carolina-based circuit but had expanded past the confines of the state by the 1980s. Today the league stretches from suburban Maryland and Virginia to South Carolina and Delaware. Class C / 1945-1948 Class B / 1949-1962High Class A / 1963-present Current TeamsFrederick KeysKinston […]