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Ballpark Visit: Elfstrom Stadium / 3

We visit Elfstrom Stadium, the home of the Kane County Cougars. Concessions If your hunger and thirst cannot be slaked at Elfstrom Stadium, your tastes are truly bizarre or obscure. For starters, there's the standard ballpark fare: hot dogs (regular and foot long), Chicago red hots, Angus burgers and cheeseburgers, brats, chicken tenders, corn dogs, […]

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Nuts cram the house to set season mark

When 96-year-old Greg Crary entered the gates at John Thurman Field on Saturday night, he was the 164,307th fan in 2009, breaking the Modesto Nuts franchise attendance record for the third consecutive season.When Greg Crary entered the gates at John Thurman Field on Saturday night, he was the 164,307th fan in 2009, breaking the Modesto […]

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New Hampshire sets season attendance mark

With another standing-room-only crowd, the New Hampshire Fisher Cats set another season-attendance record.Tonight's crowd of 8,601 at Merchantsauto.com Stadium, a franchise record-tying 17th standing-room-only crowd of the season, allowed the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Class AA; Eastern League) to set an all-time single-season attendance record of 374,006 with two home dates still remaining.  This marks […]

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‘Topes set to welcome 4-millionth fan

The Albuquerque Isotopes will welcome the 4-millionth fan in team history to Isotopes Park tonight. With just 967 fans to go, the Albuquerque Isotopes (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) will surpass 4-million fans in franchise history tomorrow when the ‘Topes take on the Memphis Redbirds at 6:35 p.m. MT. So far this season, the ‘Topes […]

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