Ballpark Digest
The Business of Ballparks and Baseball in Major League Baseball, Minor League Baseball, Indy, Summer Collegiate and College
This was supposed to be a big year for the University of Florida baseball program, with a send-off for Alfred A. McKethan Stadium and a grand opening for a new ballpark. But like most things in 2020, a wrench was thrown into those plans. Now, Florida Ballpark at Alfred A. McKethan Field is ready for play. […]
A $60-million Binghamton University ballpark complex won’t open until the 2022 NCAA baseball season, as a lack of acceptable bids and slowdowns caused by the coronavirus pandemic forced school officials to adopt a new timeline. (more…)
Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, Mick Gillispie and Kevin Reichard discuss a new Knoxville ballpark for the Tennessee Smokies, the current state of college football, and Red Barber’s use of the term pea patch on this week’s Ballpark Digest Broadcaster Chat. (more…)
After reviving its NCAA baseball program and making plans for a new on-campus ballpark, Boise State decided to eliminate baseball completely in the face of budget cuts at the Boise university. (more…)
We saw two high-profile ballpark changes in the past week, as the Minnesota Twins took down a statue of former team owner Calvin Griffith at Target Field, while the University of Cincinnati will remove Marge Schott’s name from the school’s ballpark. (more…)
Fort Myers’ City of Palms Park, the former Boston Red Sox spring-training home and current home of the Florida SouthWestern State College baseball team, is set to be demolished in the second half of 2021 under a plan prepped by Lee County. (more…)
A debate over Marge Schott’s legacy in terms of the University of Cincinnati’s Marge Schott Stadium is leading to a larger issue: how to address the tangled legacies behind venue names at colleges and universities across the country. (more…)
We will have live U.S. baseball tonight for the first time since the pandemic ended action across the country, with the three-day, four-team Collegiate Summer Baseball Invitational set to be broadcast on ESPN2 from Bryan, Texas. (more…)
What a terrible move: the Los Angeles Police Department detained citizens, after being arrested while protesting the death of George Floyd, at a “field jail” at Jackie Robinson Ballpark until UCLA called for an end to the practice. (more…)
Athletic-department cuts have forced Bowing Green State University to drop its baseball program, saving the school a half-million dollars annually. Will other college-baseball programs follow suit? (more…)
One of the casualties of the college baseball season being scrapped was a delay in the debut of some fine new ballparks. At Oklahoma State, officials are looking at a fall event to celebrate the new home of the Cowboys, O’Brate Stadium. (more…)
An honor worth noting: the new University of Florida ballpark, set to open in 2021, will feature the “Hooks Family Dugout,” named after longtime program benefactors Hollis and Debbie Hooks. (more…)
The coronavirus pandemic is having sweeping effects on college baseball, with conference championships cancelled and new ballpark debuts pushed back to 2021. (more…)