With the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ending Angel Stadium lease talks, the city of Tustin has scheduled several work sessions — including one tomorrow — to discuss a new ballpark. (more…)
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New for 2015: CenturyLink Sports Complex
The Minnesota Twins sold naming rights to their spring-training home in Florida, with the Lee County Sports Complex to be known as CenturyLink Sports Complex. (more…)
With home season ended, Cubs prep for offseason Wrigley Field upgrades
With the 100th anniversary season of Wrigley Field in the books, the Chicago Cubs are preparing for offseason work that will upgrade the facility between now and the 2018 season. (more…)
Brewers laying groundwork for new spring training home
More Milwaukee Brewers news: apparently the team is moving once again toward finding a new spring training home in the greater Phoenix area. Peoria officials confirm they’ve had very preliminary talks with the Brewers about a new complex in that western-Phoenix suburb. Peoria is already home to a two-team complex shared by the Seattle Mariners […]
New for 2017: SunTrust Park
The Atlanta Braves held a groundbreaking this morning for a new Cobb County ballpark and announced the venue’s name: SunTrust Park. The ballpark is the centerpiece of a simultaneously constructed multiuse community, including unique shops, restaurants, offices and residences. “This is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to partner with a great organization that shares our values for […]
Bloomberg: 1,750 fans injured annually by foul balls at MLB ballparks
An analysis of injury reports at a sampling of first-aid stations yields an estimate from Bloomberg that 1,750 fans are injured by balls hit into the stands at Major League Baseball games in a season. There are a host of horror stories in the Bloomberg article about fans seriously hurt when struck by a foul […]
NPS: New outfield signage may alter historic nature of Wrigley Field
The addition of five outfield signs to Wrigley Field may alter the ballpark’s historic nature, thus making renovations by the Chicago Cubs ineligible for $75 million in federal tax credits, warns the National Park Service. The NPS and the IRS administer the historic-preservation tax credit program, which seeks to reward property owners to maintain historic […]
Chicago unveils $6.5M in new spending on youth baseball facilities
Following the inspirational story of Jackie Robinson West winning the U.S. Little League championship, the city of Chicago — aided by Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs contributions — is putting $6.5 million in youth baseball and softball fields. We covered the topic of baseball in Chicago a couple times this summer, noting the emphasis […]
Milwaukee Brewers add self-serve beer machine to Miller Park
The Milwaukee Brewers are the second MLB team to add a DraftServ self-serve beer machine, as the Miller Park unit was operational at last night’s game. Fans 21 and older will be able to purchase a $15 or $25 card that will act similar to a credit card. Fans can use their card on one […]
Metrodome baggie to reborn as Duluth Pack bags
Another creative reuse for a remnant of the Metrodome: the infamous right-field baggie is now part of a new Duluth Pack line of bags, to be unveiled tomorrow at the 2014 Minnesota State Fair. As you’ll recall, the blue fabric wall was installed prior to the Metrodome’s second season in 1983 to limit the number […]
Giants protest upheld; Wrigley issues caused by Obamacare?
Surreal: MLB upheld a protest by the San Francisco Giants that the Chicago Cubs did not adequately protect the field in a rain delay, and the groundskeeping crew might have been undermanned because the team wanted to avoid healthcare costs. Let’s begin this twisted tale with the Tuesday game between the Giants and the Cubs […]
New Braves ballpark hit with lawsuit
Owners of a building next to the proposed Atlanta Braves ballpark development in Cobb County have filed suit against the project — just days before bonds are set to be sold, arguing traffic and noise would negatively impact their property. Attorneys representing Fairly Breezy LLC filed suit in Cobb Superior Court, arguing the county improperly rezoned […]
Selig visits Oakland on farewell tour
Bud Selig was at O.co Coliseum last night on his Farewell to Major League Baseball tour and expressed regret he was leaving office without a final solution to the Oakland Athletics ballpark situation. He was blunt in an assessment of his performance regarding the A’s, where there’s been a lack of concrete new-ballpark developments in […]