This may be the most audacious promotion we’ve ever covered: The Lowell Spinners (short season A; NY-Penn League) will hold their first-ever “Human Home Run” event at LeLacheur Park, as human cannonball David Smith, Jr., will be shot from a cannon at home plate over the outfield wall following the conclusion of the July 5 […]
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Lowell Spinners announce staff promotions, additions
The Lowell Spinners (short season A; NY-Penn League) announced the hiring of Jarrod FitzGerald as the new Director of Creative Services, as well as promotions for Vice President/General Manager Tim Bawmann (now President/GM), Controller Priscilla Harbour (Vice President/Controller), Director of Group Sales Jon Healy (Vice President/Group Ticketing), Director of Facility Management Dan Beaulieu (Vice President, […]
New Nashua summer-collegiate team announces first hires
The new Nashua (N.H.) team in the start-up Futures Collegiate Baseball League announced its first hires: Tim Geromini, Jarrod FitzGerald and Mike Chambers. The team will be owned by Eric Butelin and managed by the Lowell Spinners of the Class-A New York-Penn League. Butelin, a business owner from Milwaukee, Wis., has over 35 years of […]
Futures Collegiate Baseball League set for 2011
A new summer-collegiate league is on the horizon in New England, as the Lowell Spinners (short season; NY-Penn League) will operate a team out of Nashua’s Holman Stadium on behalf of owner and Wisconsin businessman Eric Butlein in the start-up Futures Collegiate Baseball League of New England. Not a lot of specifics on the new […]
Spinners’ Goode turns author — again
Lowell Spinners (short season A; NY-Penn League) Vice President Jon Goode turns author again, as he and the Boston Celtics’ Glen “Big Baby” Davis unveil a new children’s book. Written by Goode and illustrated by current Boston College student Rachel Gregorio, Basketball with Big Baby stars the NBA power forward as himself as he spells […]
Holding the line in 2011
We’re beginning to see teams announce schedules and pricing for the 2011 season, and a trend is emerging: most teams, we think, will try to hold the line on pricing, sticking to 2010 ticket prices whenever possible — or lowering them in some cases. Take, for example, the Lowell Spinners (short season A; NY-Penn League). […]
Promotions Watch: Spinners set bubble-wrap-popping mark
The habit we find so annoying in youngsters was turned into a world record by the Lowell Spinners, as over 3,600 fans popped bubble wrap simultaneously. That sort of low-cost promotion, apparently, will land you in the Guinness Book of World Records. Brilliant! As fans entered the park every fan received a 1-foot-by-1-foot sheet of […]