Editor’s Note: Mark Cryan, former MiLB general manager and Ballpark Digest contributing editor, is embarking on an epic ballpark tour this summer, and he’ll be filing regular dispatches from the road. Today’s stop: Hannibal’s Clemens Field. (more…)
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Baseball Across America: St. Louis
Editor’s Note: Mark Cryan, former MiLB general manager and Ballpark Digest contributing editor, is embarking on an epic ballpark tour this summer, and he’ll be filing regular dispatches from the road. Today’s stop: St. Louis’s Busch Stadium. (more…)
Baseball Across America: Nashville
Editor’s Note: Mark Cryan, former MiLB general manager and Ballpark Digest contributing editor, is embarking on an epic ballpark tour this summer, and he’ll be filing regular dispatches from the road. Day Three: a trip to Nashville’s First Tennessee Park. (more…)
Baseball Across America: Johnson City
Editor’s Note: Mark Cryan, former MiLB general manager and Ballpark Digest contributing editor, is embarking on an epic ballpark tour this summer, and he’ll be filing regular dispatches from the road. Day Two: a trip to Johnson City’s Howard Johnson Field. (more…)
Baseball Across America: Greeneville
Editor’s Note: Mark Cryan, former MiLB general manager and Ballpark Digest contributing editor, is embarking on an epic ballpark tour this summer, and he’ll be filing regular dispatches from the road. Day One: a trip to Greeneville’s Pioneer Park. (more…)
Baseball and the road: The American Dream
Editor’s Note: Mark Cryan, former MiLB general manager and Ballpark Digest contributing editor, is embarking on an epic ballpark tour this summer, and he’ll be filing regular dispatches from the road. Today: An overview of his journeys. (more…)
Book reading: Mark Cryan at Quail Ridge Books
If you’re in the Raleigh-Durham area, you’re in for a treat: Mark Cryan will be at Quail Ridge Books tomorrow night (April 9) at 7 p.m. to discuss his book Cradle of the Game: Baseball and Ballparks of North Carolina. (more…)
Tis the season for baseball books, part I
It’s Cyber Monday — which means plenty of you are out shopping for baseball books. Here’s a shameless plug for baseball books and more from Ballpark Digest and August Publications. (more…)
Fayetteville looking again at Minor League Baseball
This is way under the radar: Fayetteville (N.C.) officials are visiting Durham Bulls Athletic Park as a possible example of how Minor League Baseball would play out in a new downtown ballpark. There has been talk of investors interested in bringing MiLB back to Fayetteville, and in fact earlier this year an investment group approached […]
Available now: Cradle of the Game
We’re now shipping the second edition of Cradle of the Game: Baseball and Ballparks in North Carolina by Mark Cryan and a foreword by Miles Wolff. You can read a full description at the August Publications website, but here’s a summary from Cryan’s intro: Today, crowds continue to gather to see history-rich teams like the […]
A sneek peak at Charlotte’s new ballpark
It’s a new era in North Carolina baseball as the Charlotte Knights (Class AAA; International League) open a new Uptown ballpark tonight. Our Mark Cryan was on hand yesterday for a sneak preview. BB&T Ballpark is largely complete, and the ongoing work seemed to be mostly typical last-minute items like installing the padding on the […]
New for 2014: Cradle of the Game, 2e
We have a new book announcement: Cradle of the Game, 2e. North Carolina has a rich baseball history, and this book by Mark Cryan tells that story through the state’s ballparks. The Tar Heel State has a special place in the baseball world; it’s a place where affiliated teams play at almost every level — […]
State Mutual Stadium / Rome Braves
You don’t just happen to stop by Rome, Georgia on your way somewhere. It’s just an hour and half from Atlanta, but it is not served by any major interstate highway. For the ballpark fan, there’s one big attraction: State Mutual Stadium, home of the Rome Braves, as Mark Cryan explains. FAST FACTS Opened: April […]