The Fayetteville SwampDogs set a franchise attendance record at J.P. Riddle Stadium, as 6,049 fans turned out to watch their hometown team take on the Wilson Tobs — the first time the SwampDogs have ever reached the 6,000-fan plateau. “SwampDogs fans proved once again they’re the best fans in summer collegiate baseball,” said SwampDogs head coach […]
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Witter Field / Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
Once home to professional Wisconsin State League and Midwest League baseball, Witter Field is now home to the summer-collegiate Wisconsin Rapids Rafters and a great example of how community care for an older ballpark translates into a memorable game experience today. Fast Facts Year Opened: 1928; metal grandstand constructed in 1949-1950Capacity: 1,900, including seating for […]
Whiting to host MCL All-Star Game
Some more All-Star news for you: Whiting, Indiana is hosting the 2011 Midwest Collegiate League All-Star Game at Oil City Stadium at Standard Diamonds Park next week on July 13, with Ron Kittle serving as master of ceremonies. The game starts at 7:05 p.m., preceded by a scout evaluation and workout by the MCL All-Star […]
Verdict on TD Ameritrade Park: OK, but not the ‘Blatt
Now that the College World Series is complete — and congrats to South Carolina — it seems like many fans attending festivities at TD Ameritrade Park came to the same conclusion we did: the new ballpark is bland, corporate and lacking when compared to venerable Johnny Rosenbatt Stadium. The Omaha World-Herald — an unabashed supporter […]
Architects chosen for Coastal Carolina ballpark expansion
Coastal Carolina University is expanding Watson Stadium in an attempt to raise the profile of the baseball program, and architects have been chosen transform the ballpark into something that could potentially host NCAA Super Regionals. The architects: a local (Greenville) firm, Michael Keeshen & Associates, is partnering with Populous (Kansas City). The goal, according to […]
Rosenblatt memorabilia auction deemed a success
A sale of memorabilia from Omaha’s Rosenblatt Stadium, the former home of the College World Series and the Omaha Royals (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League), to benefit the Omaha Zoo Foundation’s Infield at the Zoo Legacy Project was deemed a success by organizers. More than 160 on-site bidders attended the June 23 live auction at […]
TD Ameritrade Park / College World Series / Creighton Bluejays
Like many traditionalists, we were dismayed with Omaha officials announced plans to build a new downtown ballpark for the College World Series, abandoning Rosenblatt Stadium in the process. With TD Ameritrade Park now open and hosting a handful of CWS games, it’s easy to see the ballpark’s many strengths – and some high-profile weaknesses. FAST […]
Summer-collegiate grad Johnson to lead Nats
A new career route emerges, as Davey Johnson becomes the second summer-collegiate manager to snare a Major League Baseball job this season, as he goes from a FCSL gig in 2009 to heading the Washington Nationals as of Monday. Johnson joins Terry Collins as former summer-collegiate managers to go to the bigs. Terry Collins, who […]
Poppe: New College World Series ballpark just dandy
Dennis Poppe, the NCAA vice president for football and baseball, says TD Ameritrade Park is working out well as the new home of the College World Series. Of course, what else is he gonna say? His statements come at the first week of games at the new $131-million downtown Omaha ballpark. There have been a […]
Rosenblatt Stadium memorabilia going to auction
One of the most storied ballparks in baseball is coming down, but you can own a piece of Omaha’s Rosenblatt Stadium, the former home of the College World Series and the Omaha Royals (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League), as the Omaha Zoo Foundation is launching an auction to sell Rosenblatt Stadium memorabilia. The live auction, […]
NCAA announces host sites for tourney regionals
The South and the Atlantic Coast Conference were the big winners as the NCAA announced the 16 Regional hosts for the 65th annual NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, capped by the College World Series. Here are the cities and the host teams: Atlanta — Georgia Tech (40-19) Austin, Texas — Texas (43-15) Fullerton, Calif. — […]
Owner, CPL: Time for Florence to talk new ballpark
The Florence RedWolves franchise is one of the best-run teams in the summer-collegiate Coastal Plain League, but Legion Field hasn’t kept pace with changes in the industry — and team owner Kevin Barth says it’s time to look at a new downtown ballpark. Even by summer-collegiate standards Legion Field is pretty rough, lacking clubhouses or […]
NCAA debates revamping baseball tourney
The NCAA is looking into an overhaul of the playoffs leading up to the College World Series by expanding the number of first-round host ballparks to 32 from the present 16, though the number of teams in the tourney would remain the same. The rationale behind the move: by increasing the number of host ballparks, […]