The home of the Florence Freedom (independent; Frontier League) has a new name, as UC Health buys naming rights to the Cincinnati-area ballpark. The deal is set to run for 10 years. Other terms of the naming-rights agreement were not released. “This puts us on very stable financial footing,” Freedom owner Clint Brown told the […]
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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 […]
Freedom: We’d welcome locked-out NFL players
In a nice promo, the Florence Freedom (independent; Frontier League) have sent an open letter to locked-out Cincinnati Bengals players, inviting them to suit up for baseball during the upcoming season while waiting for labor issues to end. Now, no one expects any Bengals to actually sign with the Freedom. Still, with Chad Ochocinco trying […]