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The Coastal Plain League's Gastonia Grizzlies and Forest City Owls will square off in a midnight game July 9.The Gastonia Grizzlies and Forest City Owls (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League) will square off in a July 9th "Midnight Madness Game, which will feature a pregame party where fans can play catch with the Grizzlies and […]

Owning the new Wisconsin Rapids team in the summer-collegiate Northwoods League: the braintrust of the immensely successful Madison Mallards. This will be formally announced later today, but we thought you'd be interested to know that the owners of the new Wisconsin Rapids franchise in the summer-collegiate Northwoods League will Vern Stenman and Steve Schmitt, GM […]

The summer-collegiate Northwoods League is expanding in the 2010 season in Wisconsin Rapids, a former Midwest League outpost. The summer-collegiate Northwoods League is expanding in the 2010 season in Wisconsin Rapids, a former Midwest League outpost, setting up in Witter Field. On Wednesday, December 16th beginning at 6:00 PM, at the Centralia Center in Wisconsin […]

Two summer-collegiate circuits — the Northwoods League and the Prospect League — are in the running to land a team in the Milwaukee suburb, but neighbors oppose the building of a 1,122-seat ballpark. Two summer-collegiate circuits — the Northwoods League and the Prospect League — are in the running to land a team in the […]

The new Prospect League team will play at the new Linda K. Epling Stadium in Beckley. The summer-collegiate Prospect League is expanding to Beckley, W.V. next summer when the West Virginia Miners begin play at the new Linda K. Epling Stadium. The franchise will be owned by Doug Epling. Mike Gilligan, former director of operations […]

The newest team in the summer-collegiate Northwoods League has a name: the Stingers. The newest team in the summer-collegiate Northwoods League has a name: the Willmar Stingers. The name was unveiled at a press conference in Willmar (Minn.) yesterday. The logo design comes from Justin Schaller of Eau Claire, Wis. The Stingers will play the […]

McNair Field, the home of the Forest City Owls, was named the best baseball field in the country in the category of Schools and Parks by the Sports Turf Management Association.McNair Field, the home of the Forest City Owls (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League), was named the best baseball field in the country in the […]

The owners of the new Torrington team in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League say they're not selling beer at Fuessenich Park. The owners of the new Torrington team in the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League say they're not selling beer at Fuessenich Park, but they're still on track to move the Peekskill Robins and launch play […]

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 […]