Some great games on the docket for CBS Sports Network in 2015, as the network will televise 10 marquee Minor League Baseball regular-season games for the second season. (more…)
Archive | Minor-League Baseball
Legislators debate Hartford ballpark tax rebate
Connecticut legislators are debating a rebate on the state’s admissions tax on tickets sold at a new Hartford Yard Goats (Class AA; Eastern League) ballpark, which could help pay down bonds in coming years. (more…)
First Tennessee Park / Nashville Sounds
It is the perfect ballpark for Nashville, a city where the modern prevails — but always with a nod to the past. First Tennessee Park, the new home of the Nashville Sounds (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League), is a triumphant return of pro baseball to Sulphur Dell. (more…)
Promotions Watch: What-If Nights
The often overlooked aspect of name the team contests is that the monikers that do not win still offer plenty of promotional opportunities. In recent years, more teams across Minor League Baseball are breaking out the losing finalists as part of What-If Night. These revisionist theme nights are the topic of this week’s Promotions Watch. […]
SB Cubs set another attendance record
Two attendance records in 10 days comprises a pretty good start to the South Bend Cubs (Low Class A; Midwest League) tenure as a new Chicago Cubs farm team, with another attendance mark set today. (more…)
Sky Sox pitch Security Service Field renovations
The Colorado Springs Sky Sox (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) are pitching renovations to Security Service Field that would add six suites to the ballpark’s upper level, alter the grandstand’s front entrance and add a new visitors clubhouse. (more…)
Salem Red Sox extend Lewis-Gale Field lease
The Salem Red Sox (High Class A; Carolina League) and the city of Salem executed a ten-year extension of the lease of Lewis-Gale Field at Salem Memorial Ballpark, which expired at the end of the 2014 season. (more…)
New Providence ballpark renderings unveiled
Renderings for a new Providence ballpark to house the relocating Pawtucket Red Sox (Class AAA; International League) were released today, showing how the downtown waterfront could be transformed both physically and economically. (more…)
TRO prohibiting B-Mets sale extended
A temporary restraining order prohibiting the sale of Binghamton Mets (Class AA; Eastern League) to a buyer other than Main Street Baseball and Clark Minker was extended by a federal judge today through April 30, who urged the two sides to mediate their differences. (more…)
IronPigs to serve broccoli at ballpark — deep-fried, that is
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is once again crusading against the Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Class AAA; International League) and bacon, so the team is responding by putting broccoli on the menu — deep-fried bacon-cheddar broccoli, that is. (more…)
Rookie to make Thunder debut Thursday
More ballpark dog news: Rookie, the third generation of golden retrievers pleasing Trenton Thunder (Class AA; Eastern League) fans at Arm & Hammer Park, will make his debut Thursday. (more…)
Miss Babe Ruth to retire at end of season
The end of an era: Miss Babe Ruth, the beloved Labrador Retriever bat and ball dog for the Greensboro Grasshoppers (Low Class A; Sally League), will retire at the end of the 2015 season. (more…)
After Rock Cats, what becomes of New Britain Stadium?
With the move of the New Britain Rock Cats (Class AA; Eastern League) to Hartford next season, city officials are making plans for the vacated New Britain Stadium. (more…)