The University of Illinois-Chicago’s Curtis Granderson Stadium will host the inaugural GEICO Baseball City Series, a high-school baseball tournament taking place next month. This inaugural event features four All-Star teams comprised of high school players from Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami and New York City representing their cities and the sport of high school baseball on a national stage. (more…)
A $4.6-million renovation of Wade Stadium, home of the Duluth Huskies (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) will begin this fall and extend into next spring. The renovation work will be done in two parts, with $2.3 million coming from the state and $2.3 million coming from Duluth. The historic ballpark, which opened in 1941 with assistance […]
With Jackie Robinson West winning their first game in the Little League World Series, the issue of black baseball players is again part of the public debate — and, finally, in a good way. It’s no secret that the number of blacks playing baseball is low: when the 2014 season started, only 8.3 percent of […]
It’s already one of the finer college ballparks in the Midwest, but the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) has bigger plans for Curtis Granderson Stadium: serving the needs of thousands of young baseball players in the city. The new ballpark is named for UIC graduate Curtis Granderson, whose $5-million gift — thought to be […]
Limited posting today, as we’re headed to Chicago for the grand opening of Curtis Granderson Stadium, followed by a U.S. Cellular Field trip tonight and the annual trek to Wrigley Field tomorrow. We’ll have a full writeup tomorrow about the grand opening of Curtis Granderson Stadium, a keenly anticipated new home of the University of […]
New York Yankees star Curtis Granderson will pick up most of the costs of a new ballpark at his alma mater, University of Illinois-Chicago, which is set to open for the 2015 NCAA season. The new ballpark will be known as Curtis Granderson Stadium. The deal was approved yesterday by UIC trustees. The total cost […]
