Two of the more successful summer-collegiate teams are on the block, as owner Ken Silver is looking to sell the Gastonia Grizzlies and the Forest City Owls of the Coastal Plain League. Silver, a former Minor League Baseball owner, says he’s selling for a simple reason: the 68-year-old wants to spend less time at the […]
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A most unique ballpark proposal in Gastonia
We don’t normally cover ballpark proposals, mostly because there’s so dang many of them, but this one is worth noting: Jesse Cole of Team Cole proposing to Gastonia Grizzlies (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League) Director of Fun Emily McDonald. Jesse Cole, of course, heads the firm that manages the Grizzlies and the Forest City Owls […]
Oprah, Larry Ellison and Team Cole among rumored Clippers owners
On our sister site Arena Digest we ran down the potential new owners of the Los Angeles Clippers should Donald Sterling sell the NBA franchise, but we omitted one suitor: Team Cole. Here’s the Arena Digest article. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Clippers owner Sterling […]
Personnel moves in Pensacola, MiLB and Forest City
We have some personnel news to report today from the Pensacola Blue Wahoos (Class AA; Southern League), MiLB and the Forest City Owls (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League). In Pensacola, Chuck Arnold is the new Sales Manager for the Blue Wahoos, with Michael Taylor the new Group Sales Executive and Courtney Griffith of Lawson Consulting […]
New Martinsville management off to strong start
The new management of the Martinsville Mustangs (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League), Team Cole & Associates, is off to a strong start for the 2013 season. For the last seven years the city has owned the Mustangs and subsidized losses. This year, the city decided to go with Team Cole — which also manages the […]
Parsons new GM in Martinsville
The Martinsville Mustangs (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League) have a new GM: Tyler Parsons, the first hire after the city entered into a new management deal last November. Parsons comes to the Mustangs from the Forest City Owls (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League), where he served as Director of Tickets Sales and Community Relations. Prior […]
Martinsville looks to outsource Mustangs management
Martinsville officials are looking to outsource management of the Martinsville Mustangs (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League), as the city works to decrease the amount of taxpayer money spent on the team. The issue: the desire to keep the team versus the desire to reduce money spent on the franchise. The Mustangs perpetually lose money: Martinsville […]
Team USA to tour CPL ballparks this summer
Should be a good series: the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team will be taking on four summer-collegiate Coastal Plain League teams during the 2012 season. Team USA, led by Tennessee head coach Dave Serrano, will start a three-day CPL trip on June 25 in Fayetteville, N.C., to face the Fayetteville SwampDogs. The ‘Dogs are no […]
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 […]