A major change is taking shape for the Missoula Osprey (Rookie; Pioneer League), as the club has announced plans to rebrand for 2020 and beyond. (more…)
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Missoula Osprey Sold
A sale of the Missoula Osprey (Rookie; Pioneer League) is taking shape, as the team will be purchased by Peter Davis and Susan Crampton Davis of Seattle, pending final approvals. (more…)
Concert Promoter Secures Ogren Park Lease
A concert promoter has secured a lease for Ogren Park at Allegiance Field, allowing it to book performances at the home of the Missoula Osprey (Rookie; Pioneer League). (more…)
Concert Promoter Pitches Ogren Park Lease
Under a new proposal, a concert promoter will lease Ogren Park at Allegiance Field and book events that provide for more uses in addition to Missoula Osprey (Rookie; Pioneer League) games. (more…)
A baseball lifer: Matt Ellis
One of the best things about working in the baseball industry: hearing about baseball lifers. Here’s an interview with baseball lifer Matt Ellis, executive VP of the Missoula Osprey (rookie; Pioneer League). The Ellis family moved the team from Lethbridge to Missoula, working for years on a ballpark plan that eventually led to the construction […]
Osprey, D-Backs extend PDC to 2020
The Missoula Osprey (rookie; Pioneer League) and the Arizona Diamondbacks extended their player development contract (PDC) for four more years, through the end of the 2020 season. The current agreement is set to expire at the end of the 2016 season. This affiliation relationship is the second longest current consecutive tenure in the Pioneer League […]
Osprey returning to Missoula ballpark
The home of the Missoula Osprey (short season A; Pioneer League) will once again host osprey this season, as a nest at Ogren-Allegiance Park was protected from colonizing geese. Here’s the deal: the nest has been home to migrating osprey since the ballpark opened. Last season, however, early-arriving geese got to the nest first and […]
No osprey at Osprey games this season
Canada geese have displaced an osprey nest at Ogren Park at Allegiance Field, meaning no birds of prey close to the home of the Missoula Osprey (rookie; Pioneer League) this season. In past years osprey nested on a platform beyond the outfield fence, occasionally providing some entertainment to fans after snaring a fish from the […]
Mike Ellis new president of Northwest League
Mike Ellis, the owner of the Missoula Osprey (rookie; Pioneer League), is the new president of the short-season Northwest League, replacing Bob Richmond, who retired this year after 30 years leading the circuit. “After a thorough selection process with many highly qualified candidates, it became clear that Mike Ellis was a perfect fit for our […]
Missoula ballpark backers: We won’t make good on pledges
Three of the community leaders signing a pledge to back Ogren Park at Allegiance Field, home of the Missoula Osprey (rookie; Pioneer League), say they were coerced into backing the deal and are refusing to pay. When nonprofit Play Ball Missoula began fundraising for Ogren Park at Allegiance Field, local business leaders were asked to […]
Osprey, Diamondbacks extend PDC
The Missoula Osprey (rookie; Pioneer League) and the Arizona Diamondbacks extended their player-development contract (PDC) through the 2016 season. “We have been with the Arizona Diamondbacks since they were granted an expansion franchise and we see no reason to end that relationship now,” said Matt Ellis, Osprey Executive Vice President, via press release. “We feel […]
More fallout from Missoula ballpark financing
Four prominent Missoula residents who backed loans on a new ballpark for the Missoula Osprey (rookie; Pioneer League) are being sued by the bank calling in the notes. A little background. When a community group, Play Ball Missoula, was putting together the financing deal for Ogren Park at Allegiance Field, 19 community members signed notes of […]
Missoula closes on purchase of Osprey home
The Missoula City Council is buying Ogren Park at Allegiance Field, the home of the Missoula Osprey (rookie; Pioneer League) for $3.55 million, bailing out the nonprofit Play Ball Missoula and providing a solid base for the ballpark’s future. The city is using $2 million in city redevelopment funds and issuing $1.55 million in new […]