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The Coastal Plain League's Morehead City Marlins released the team logo; UCF's Jay Bergman to coach team. The Morehead City Marlins (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League) released their logo for the 2010 inaugural season and announced the hiring of Jay Bergman as the team's first manager. The team will play at Big Rock Stadium at […]

Here's why you will never see affiliated or independent baseball playing at the new downtown Omaha ballpark: the going rate for rent is $10,000 per game. We knew MECA, the Omaha sports commission running the business side of the new College World Series in downtown Omaha, was seeking some serious revenues from potential tenants. But […]

The Statesville Owls will begin play next season at Statesville High School. There will even more baseball next summer in North Carolina, as the Southern Collegiate Baseball League expands to Statesville. The Statesville Owls will join the summer-collegiate circuit and play at Statesville High School. The high school was also home to several incarnations of […]

Under the agreement, Creighton University will play a partial schedule at TD Ameritrade Park in 2011 and a full slate beginning in 2012. Creighton University is the first tenant at downtown Omaha's new College World Series ballpark, TD Ameritrade Park, as the Blue Jays signed a deal to play a partial schedule there in 2011 […]

Community contributions of $370,000 is enabling the city to bring in the former Manchester Silkworms to Robbie Mills Field. A summer-collegiate New England Collegiate Baseball League team will be playing out of Robbie Mills Field in Laconia (N.H.), as the Manchester Silkworms are moving there after city leaders raised $225,000 to improve the facility. The […]

The Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League's Robins are reportedly shifting operations to Torrington. The summer-collegiate Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League's Robins are reportedly shifting operations to Torrington. The former Peekskill Robins would set up operations in Fuessenich Park. RELATED STORIES: ACBL aggressively expands with four new teams Subscribers to the weekly Ballpark Digest newsletter see features before […]

The Bengels are back in the Coastal Plain League with a Morehead City team. The Bengel family returns to the summer-collegiate Coastal Plain League with the Morehead City Marlins, the 15th franchise in the circuit. “We as a league are very excited about the Morehead City franchise coming on board," league founder and president Pete […]

It's now a done deal: Ryan Voz and Marc Jerzak will own and operate a new franchise in the summer-collegiate circuit. It's official: Ryan Voz and Marc Jerzak will own and operate the new Willmar expansion franchise in the summer-collegiate Northwoods League. The team will play at Bill Taunton Stadium, which has twice hosted Northwoods […]

The ongoing construction project known as PK Park reaches another milestone. The ongoing construction project known as PK Park at the University of Oregon reached a significant milestone yesterday: the school held a topping-off ceremony as the last beam on the concourse roof was put in place. The Ducks played at the ballpark last season, […]

The new home of the Lake Erie Crushers has snared a new tenant. Cleveland State is shifting its games from Lorain's Pipe Yard to Avon's All Pro Freight Stadium for the 2010 season, according to a posting on the university's web site.  The advantage: All Pro Freight Stadium is closer to the Cleveland State campus. […]

The inaugural event will feature keynote speeches from Mike Veeck, Mandalay's Steve DeLay and Madison Mallards GM Vern Stenman, as well as an appearance by Ballpark Digest's Kevin Reichard.With the 2009 summer collegiate season recently coming to a close, teams all around the country already are beginning preparations for next season in hopes of making […]

Want to run a summer-collegiate team? Martinsville is seeking proposals for the management of the city-owned Coastal Plain League team. Want to run a summer-collegiate team? Martinsville is seeking proposals for the management of the city-owned Martinsville Mustangs (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League) team. The team is definitely returning for the 2010 season, but the […]

The Topeka Golden Giants will leave the summer-collegiate M.I.N.K. League and instead play a 25-game independent schedule.The Topeka Golden Giants are leaving the summer-collegiate M.I.N.K. League for the upcoming 2010 season and will instead play an independent schedule and will fill 25 home dates this summer.   Team President Brett Cowdin issued the following statement […]