The University of Kentucky has selected the playing surface for its new ballpark, announcing this week that it will use an AstroTurf field. (more…)
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Launching Today: Best of the Ballparks, NCAA Division I
We have a major expansion in our Best of the Ballparks vote: For the first time we are polling fans on their favorite college ballparks. So you know what to do: vote in our Best of the Ballparks, NCAA Division I brackets! (more…)
Hi Corbett Field Lease Could be Extended
The University of Arizona could extend its lease agreement at Hi Corbett Field, allowing its baseball program to continue using the facility. (more…)
University of Kentucky Breaks Ground on Ballpark
The University of Kentucky celebrated a milestone on Thursday, when school officials broke ground on a new ballpark. The facility is expected to open for the Wildcats by the 2019 season. (more…)
Promotions Watch: College Games at MiLB Ballparks
With spring training in its early stages, there is finally some baseball action underway. For many Minor League Baseball fans, however, the wait continues for a few more weeks, unless they happen to be near a ballpark that is hosting college baseball action. In this edition of Promotions Watch, we look at some upcoming college […]
Promotions Watch: College Games in Minor League Ballparks
NCAA Division I Baseball is now in full swing, and the action will not be limited to college campuses. This year is a big one when it comes to college teams playing single games and tournaments in Minor League Baseball ballparks, as we cover college ball in pro facilities in this week’s Promotions Watch. (more…)
Countdown to U.S. Bank Stadium opening
U.S. Bank Stadium will certainly be an opulent home for college baseball, as the future early-season home of the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers — and also, incidentally, of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings — enters the final year of construction. (more…)
New life at Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Spring-training trips are usually too short, so fans are always looking to maximize their experiences. In Arizona, there’s an easy way to create your own doubleheader: Add an evening ASU Sun Devils game at their new home, Phoenix Municipal Stadium. (more…)
New Vikings stadium could host Gopher baseball — if the numbers work
February is an awfully cold time to be playing outdoor baseball in Minnesota, so University of Minnesota baseball coach John Anderson is working to make the new Minnesota Vikings stadium baseball-friendly — but the NFL team is skeptical about what he is proposing. The Vikings want to build a state-of-the-art stadium to replace the Metrodome, […]
Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome / Minnesota Golden Gophers
Hailed as an engineering marvel when it opened in 1982 and abandoned by the Minnesota Twins for a spiffier Target Field, the Metrodome is still a functioning ballpark, hosting Golden Gopher baseball as well as a slew of small-college and high-school games every winter and spring. FAST FACTS Address: 34 Kirby Puckett Place, Minneapolis.First Game: […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hi Corbett Field / Arizona Wildcats
A venerable and historic baseball facility gets yet another new lease on life, as Tucson’s Hi Corbett Field — home to MLB spring training for decades — will be the home of the Arizona Wildcats beginning with the 2012 collegiate season. FAST FACTS Capacity: 9,500 Year Opened: 1937; renovated in 1992, 1997 and 1999 Dimensions: […]