The opening of Jimmy John’s Field today doesn’t just mark the launch of a new league, it’s also the first round of an independent-baseball model based on facility ownership and centralized management. (more…)
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After Anticipation, USPBL Season Set to Begin
One of the more anticipated events in independent baseball will unfold on Memorial Day, when the United Shore Professional Baseball League (USPBL) begins its first season. There are ceremonies lined up for May 30 to commemorative both the launch of the USPBL and Jimmy John’s Field, the league’s ballpark in Utica, MI. (more…)
Ballpark Preview: Jimmy John’s Field
This summer, Utica (Mich.) will become a home to professional baseball, as Jimmy John’s Field is slated to host the United Shore Professional Baseball League (USPBL) and its three teams—Utica Unicorns, Eastside Diamond Hoppers and Birmingham Bloomfield Beavers—for a 50-game-per-team schedule, amounting to 75 total games at the ballpark. (more…)
USPBL lineup announced: Unicorns and more
We have the three teams playing out of Utica’s Jimmy John’s Field during the inaugural United Shore Professional Baseball League (USPBL) season in 2016: the Utica Unicorns, Eastside Diamond Hoppers and Birmingham Bloomfield Beavers. (more…)