The Second Annual Summer Ball Conference (SBC 10) will be held in the Mecca of Summer Collegiate baseball — Madison, Wis., on November 6-8. The concept of the conference is a version of the Winter Baseball Meetings: providing teams with the knowledge and direction necessary to become elite in the summer collegiate ranks. The conference […]
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Thieleke not returning to Mallards
One of the longer runs in summer collegiate baseball ended today when the Madison Mallards (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) announced that Field Manager C.J. Thieleke will not have his contract renewed for the 2011 season. Madison recently finished the 2010 Northwoods League season with a 41-29 record. Thieleke compiled a 230-178 regular season record […]
It’s what for dinner: the two-foot brat
Sunday night we had the best food of this season at a ballpark: a two-foot brat served up by the Madison Mallards at the Duck Pond. Not a gimmick: it was surprisingly good. The brat itself is from Stoddard’s of Cottage Grove, who also supplies brats and other meats (smoked turkey legs, smoked brisket, smoked […]
Warner Park (the “Duck Pond”) / Madison Mallards
It is one of the best ballpark renovations we’ve seen in years: the Madison Mallards (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) made huge changes to Warner Park (i.e., the Duck Pond) this offseason, tearing down obsolete bleachers and adding all chairback seating, a new club and an elevated concourse — all for under $2 million. Fast Facts […]