Last week we referred to a surprise player emerging as the 2012 home of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Class AAA; International League). That surprise player was Newark’s Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium, but the New York Mets killed the move. As you’ll recall, last week the SWB Yankees management — the New York Yankees and Mandalay […]
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Decision on SWB Yanks fate delayed
The International League Board of Directors met without reaching a final decision on the fate of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees for the 2012 season, as negotiations are still ongoing between team management and potential hosts. The SWB Yankees are in need of a new home for the 2012 season when PNC Field undergoes an extreme renovation […]
2011 Baseball Attendance by Average
Here’s the Big Kahuna of attendance compilations: a list of the 350 affiliated, independent and summer-collegiate teams attracting 51 million fans during the 2011 baseball season. This list comprises 174 affiliated teams playing under the Minor League Baseball banner, 51 independent teams and venues, and 126 NCAA-sanctioned summer-collegiate teams across the United States and Canada. […]
For sale: Alliance Bank Stadium
Though it’s very unlikely there will be a buyer, Onondaga County has put Alliance Bank Stadium, the home of the Syracuse Chiefs (Class AAA; International League) on the market as part of a larger effort to find a private operator for its sports and convention venues. The Chiefs have been the lessee of the ballpark […]
Ottawa out of running for SWB Yanks — but in line for affiliated ball
There’s virtually no chance the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Class AAA; International League) will be playing next season in Ottawa Stadium, but a Canadian ownership group is working to bring an Eastern League team to Canada’s capital city for 2013. Where the Yankees will end up remains a matter of conjecture, and the issue will be decided […]
Crunching the 2011 Minor League Baseball attendance figures
Now that we’ve published 2011 attendance figures for Minor League Baseball in several different forms, it’s time to look beyond the stark figures and try to make some sense of the past year in affiliated ball. First: the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Class AAA; International League) led the minor leagues both in total attendance and per-game […]
2011 Affiliated Attendance by League
With the Minor League Baseball season ending last Thursday night after the end of regular-season play in the Pioneer League, it’s time to tally the numbers for the 2011 season, beginning with attendance sorted by league, compared to 2010. We’ll follow this up with listings of affiliated attendance by average and attendance by total. Summer-collegiate […]
Triple-A Championship moves to Durham in 2012
We have a new site for the Triple-A Championship Game pitting the International League champ against the Pacific Coast League champ: Durham Bulls Athletic Park will host the 2012 match. The game is scheduled for Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Sept. 18, 2012, and will be broadcast live on Versus. It is the first time a […]
SWB Yanks potentially on road for 2012
It appears the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Class AAA; International League) will play their home schedule away from Moosic next season, as the league has tentatively approved an alternative site while upgrades to PNC Field are performed. UPDATED! The original plan was to work around the upgrades to the ballpark and do the majority of the work […]
Canad Inns Stadium to be torn down next year
The former home of the Winnipeg Whips (Class AAA; International League) and the Winnipeg Goldeyes (independent; American Association) is slated to be torn down next year after the CFL’s Winnipeg Blue Bombers move to a new stadium. As a baseball venue, Canad Inns Stadium — the former Winnipeg Stadium — was always lacking, with a […]
Indy Indians attract 9-millionth fan to Victory Field
The Indianapolis Indians (Class AAA; International League) hit a milestone last night when the 9-million fan in Victory Field history — almost 15 years now — crossed the turnstiles. A crowd of 12,514 fans were on hand last night to see the Indians defeat the Louisville Bats. Overall, 9,000,365 fans have attended 1,060 games at […]
IronPigs make play to manage Allentown arena
There aren’t many instances of a minor-league baseball team successfully managing an arena as well, but the owners of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Class AAA; International League) are making a play to manage a new arena housing an AHL team. The AHL team in question: the Adirondack Phantoms, formerly the Philadelphia Phantoms. The Brooks Group, […]
Racing OK’d for former Clippers home
The Columbus City Council approved plans to convert Cooper Stadium, the former home of the Columbus Clippers (Class AAA; International League), to a racing facility despite objections from neighborhood residents. The vote was unanimous, but there were some conditions applied: sound barriers must be periodically inspected, and races must end at 10 p.m. A city […]