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Prospect League eyes Terre Haute

Organizers of a new Indiana State University ballpark shift their sights from the Frontier League to the summer-collegiate Prospect League. Organizers of a new Indiana State University ballpark are shifting their sights from the independent Frontier League to the summer-collegiate Prospect League. There's been some definite movement on the ballpark front: Indiana State has leased […]

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Tulsa decides to pass on reviving college baseball — for now

Despite the availability of Drillers Stadium and the increasing popularity of college baseball, University of Tulsa officials have decided not to bring back baseball as a varsity sport — but that situation may change in coming years. Despite the availability of Drillers Stadium and the increasing popularity of college baseball, University of Tulsa officials have […]

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New for 2011: TD Ameritrade Park

The new downtown Omaha home of the College World Series is the beneficiary of a $20-million, 20-year naming-rights deal. The new downtown Omaha home of the College World Series will be known as TD Ameritrade Park after the Omaha-based brokerage firm agreed to pay $20 million over 20 years for naming rights. The deal calls […]

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Longview/Kelso to join West Coast League in 2010

The summer-collegiate league grows to 10 teams with the expansion. Longview/Kelso, Washington is the newest member of the West Coast League. League president Ken Wilson announced that the five-year-old league, based in the  Pacific Northwest, had awarded Longview/Kelso an expansion franchise.  The Cowlitz County club becomes the tenth member of the wood-bat summer collegiate league, which launched in 2005 […]

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Royle: We’ve outgrown Joannes Stadium

Such a high-class problem: the success enjoyed by the Green Bay Bullfrogs means the team has outgrown Joannes Stadium. As the Green Bay Bullfrogs enter their third year in the summer-collegiate Northwoods League, owner Jeff Royle faces a problem many owners would love to have: he's outgrown his ballpark. Not exactly unexpected: when Royle entered […]

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Summer-collegiate leagues launch this week

The next round of baseball begins this week, as the NCAA season ends and the summer-collegiate leagues begin play. One regular season done, one beginning. The NCAA regular season ended over the weekend, which means the summer-collegiate season opens this week. If you've never taken in a summer-collegiate game, do so; the teams feature virtual […]

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