We have a slew of personnel announcements involving the West Michigan Whitecaps (Low Class A; Midwest League), Lakewood BlueClaws (Low Class A: Sally League) and the Bridgeport Bluefish (independent; Atlantic League). In the Midwest League, Whitecaps Vice President of Sales Steve McCarty has been named the league’s 2014 Executive of the Year, Steve McCarthy. During […]
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Personnel news in Camden, Lakewood, Nashville
We have some personnel notes to pass along: Adam Lorber is leaving the Camden Riversharks (independent; Atlantic League) for the Lakewood BlueClaws (Low Class A; Sally League), and Brad Tammen is leaving the Nashville Sounds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League). Bringing pro baseball to a a blighted neighborhood is always a huge challenge, but the […]
Fourteen years, 14 attendance titles for Lakewood BlueClaws
Amazing streak: The Lakewood BlueClaws completed their 14th season on Monday and officially wrapped up their 14th South Atlantic League attendance title. This year, 380,573 fans came to FirstEnergy Park, an average of 5,597 fans at the 68 home dates (two of the 70 scheduled games were postponed). In 14 years, the team has now […]
The Week That Was: August 31
Metrodome recycling, affiliation news, attendance records and positioning for 2015 were the leading stories of the past week on Ballpark Digest, as measured by page views. We hit a few milestones this past week as well: we surpassed 10 million page views for the year, for the third year in a row. The difference: in […]
Big weekend for BlueClaws: PDC extended, 6M fan at hand
Big weekend for the Lakewood BlueClaws (Low Class A; Sally League): the team signed a player-development contract extension with the Philadelphia Phillies and is set to welcome the 6-millionth fan in team history today. With the two-year extension, the BlueClaws will remain the South Atlantic League affiliate of the Phillies through at least the 2016 […]
Kingfish to play what-if: Kenosha Sockets
We love these promos: the Kenosha Kingfish (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) will throw a what-if promotion tonight and play as the Kenosha Sockets. In February 2013 a “Name Your Team Contest” was launched, and over a two-month period, more than 750 name ideas were submitted by the proud citizens of Kenosha. Six names were then […]
South Atlantic League announces 2013 Hall of Fame class
This may be the most unusual Hall of Fame class for the Low Class A South Atlantic League: N.J. State Sen. Robert Singer, key to the formation of the Lakewood BlueClaws, and Lena Blackburne, creator of the famous baseball rubbing mud. Both inductees have ties to New Jersey; the baseball rubbing mud is taken from […]
Marano new Lakewood BlueClaws GM
A personnel move to note: Brandon Marano has been promoted to general manager of the Lakewood BlueClaws (Low Class A; Sally League), replacing Geoff Brown. Marano, previously the team’s Assistant General Manager of Operations, becomes the second General Manager in team history. The promotion was announced by BlueClaws President Joe Finley. He takes over for […]
Brown steps down as Lakewood BlueClaws GM
In a weird coincidence, Geoff Brown is the second MiLB GM named Brown to step down today, in this case as GM of the Lakewood BlueClaws (Low Class A; Sally League). He’s moving on to Rutgers University as Senior Associate Athletic Director/Chief Marketing Officer for Rutgers Athletics and will start work there on February 11. […]
Romney carries the day in Bobblection 2012
Good news if you’re a Mitt Romney supporter: in a tally of bobblehead choices in 10 minor-league ballparks, Romney carried the day with six wins and won the total selections by 7.1 percentage points. The Goldklang Group produces the most extensive election bobblehead promotion in minor-league baseball, working with 10 teams over seven dates on Bobblection 2012. The promo […]
Lakewood, Phillies extend PDC
We expect to see a lot of stories like this in the next two weeks: the Lakewood BlueClaws (Low Class A; Sally League) and the Philadelphia Phillies extended their player-development contract though 2014. No one was seriously entertaining the thought that the two would not renew. The Philies and BlueClaws have been affiliated since 2001, […]
Lakewood lands 2013 Sally League All-Star Game
The Lakewood BlueClaws will be the center of Sally League attention in 2013, hosting the circuit’s All-Star Game. “This is a banner day in BlueClaws history,” said BlueClaws General Manager Geoff Brown. “Almost 10 years to the day we hosted the All-Star Game in 2002, we are thrilled to announce that this magnificent event is coming to […]
BlueClaws expecting five-millionth fan tonight
The Lakewood BlueClaws (Low Class A; Sally League) are expecting to reach a major milestone tonight when the five-millionth fan in franchise history crosses the FirstEnegy Park turnstiles. When it happens, the team will hold the record for reaching this milestone the quickest in South Atlantic League history as well as among New Jersey minor-league […]