The Columbia Fireflies are the newest team in Minor League Baseball, as the Low A South Atlantic League team moving from Savannah will play beginning next season in Spirit Communications Park. (more…)
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Savannah Sand Gnats to Columbia for 2016
We have another team on the move for 2016, as the Savannah Sand Gnats (Low Class A; Sally League) are relocating to Columbia’s Sprint Communications Park next season, with a franchise name still to come. (more…)
Lookouts to unveil 2015 changes
With a new ownership group in place, the Chattanooga Lookouts (Class AA; Southern League) will be unveiling upgrades to AT&T Field on Thursday. (more…)
Freier, locals close on Lookouts purchase
The sale of the Chattanooga Lookouts (Class AA; Southern League) is complete, as a new ownership group led by John Woods and Hardball Capital’s Jason Freier take control of the team. (more…)
Columbia suites on sale; new renderings up
Things are progressing fast on a new 2016 Columbia (S.C.) ballpark: suites are on sale, and the team owners have released some more renderings of the facility. (more…)
Ballpark Preview: Spirit Communications Park
Tuesday saw the groundbreaking of a new Columbia (S.C.) ballpark, Spirit Communications Park. The $37-million project ($30 million from the city, $7 million from team owner Hardball Capital) is set to open for the 2016 season. (more…)
Lookouts sold to Hardball Capital
Approved at today’s Class AA Southern League meetings: the Chattanooga Lookouts have been sold to Hardball Capital, owners of MiLB teams in Fort Wayne and Savannah. (more…)
New for 2016: Spirit Communications Park
We don’t know what team will be playing in Columbia, S.C., in 2016, but we do know the name of the new ballpark as a naming-rights deal was announced: Spirit Communications Park. (more…)
2014 Team of the Year: Fort Wayne TinCaps
After six years, most minor-league baseball teams start to lose some steam, but we’re seeing the opposite at Parkview Field, where the Fort Wayne TinCaps are setting attendance records and becoming more entrenched in the local community. That makes the TinCaps Team of the Year in our annual awards. (more…)
Columbia name-the-team contest extended
The name-the-team contest for a new Columbia (S.C.) Minor League Baseball team has been extended nine more days, until Friday, October 24. (more…)
Columbia name-the-team contest nearing end
It sounds like Hardball Capital, the firm bringing Minor League Baseball to Columbia (S.C.), has received a strong reaction to its name-the-team contest, which ends Wednesday. (more…)
Populous lands Columbia ballpark design contract
A new ballpark in Columbia (S.C.) for a team owned by Hardball Capital’s Jason Freier will be designed by Populous. There is a history between Freier and Populous: the Kansas City-based firm designed award-winning Parkview Field, home of the Fort Wayne TinCaps (Low Class A; Midwest League), another team owned by Freier. (Disclosure: Populous is […]
Savannah asking citizens to weigh in on new Sand Gnats ballpark
Savannah residents are being asked to weigh in on a new Savannah Sand Gnats (Low Class A; Sally League) ballpark, as city officials want to determine public sentiment toward the project. The poll is part of a $55,000 ballpark feasibility study performed by CH Johnson Consulting. Sand Gnats owner Jason Freier of Hardball Capital has […]