On our sister site Arena Digest we ran down the potential new owners of the Los Angeles Clippers should Donald Sterling sell the NBA franchise, but we omitted one suitor: Team Cole. Here’s the Arena Digest article. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Clippers owner Sterling […]
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Martinsville, Team Cole extend Mustangs management deal
The city of Martinsville and Team Cole extended the management contract for the Martinsville Mustangs (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League) after a successful 2013 season. The original deal between the two was limited only to 2013; the new deal awards team management to Team Cole through 2019. “We couldn’t be more excited to continue growing […]
New Martinsville management off to strong start
The new management of the Martinsville Mustangs (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League), Team Cole & Associates, is off to a strong start for the 2013 season. For the last seven years the city has owned the Mustangs and subsidized losses. This year, the city decided to go with Team Cole — which also manages the […]
Parsons new GM in Martinsville
The Martinsville Mustangs (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League) have a new GM: Tyler Parsons, the first hire after the city entered into a new management deal last November. Parsons comes to the Mustangs from the Forest City Owls (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League), where he served as Director of Tickets Sales and Community Relations. Prior […]
Martinsville looks to outsource Mustangs management
Martinsville officials are looking to outsource management of the Martinsville Mustangs (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League), as the city works to decrease the amount of taxpayer money spent on the team. The issue: the desire to keep the team versus the desire to reduce money spent on the franchise. The Mustangs perpetually lose money: Martinsville […]
New GMs in Northwest Indiana, Old Orchard
Some personnel shifts in the summer-collegiate world: Taylor McCarthy is the new GM of the Old Orchard Beach Raging Tide (Futures League), while Jim Taipalus takes the reins of the Northwest Indiana Oilmen (Midwest Collegiate Baseball League). McCarthy formerly worked for the Lowell Spinners (short season A; NY-Penn League). “It’s an honor and a privilege to […]
Future of Mustangs to be decided next month
The future of the Martinsville Mustangs (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League) will be decided early next month, as the City Council will review finances and decide if progress is being made on the team’s operating deficit. The city-owned team has been running a deficit while playing at Hooker Field. Tired of subsidizing the team to […]
Martinsville Mustangs approach break-even point, ensuring survival for 2011
The future of the summer-collegiate Martinsville Mustangs depends on approaching a break-even point on the books — and it looks like the team will come close to that this season. The team has been subsidized by the city in recent years, but facing their own budget issues, leaders say the team much approach break-even or […]