Videos are increasingly important marketing tools for baseball teams at all levels. Here’s a look at how three teams — Fort Wayne TinCaps, Madison Mallards and Joliet Slammers — are deploying videos as part of their sales arsenal. The Madison Mallards (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) threw up a pretty slick website, 7gamepack.com, to promote the […]
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New/old for 2012: St. Cloud Rox
Ah, some good news for those of looking to regain our youth: the St. Cloud Rox (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) are back. Now let’s tear down the Office Max and bring back the ballpark on Division. OK, this is a little insidery if you didn’t grow up in the St. Cloud area, as we did. […]
Northwoods League extends B.C. lease, eyes Kalamazoo
The summer-collegiate Northwoods League extended its C.O. Brown Stadium lease in Battle Creek and is looking at bringing a team to Kalamazoo’s Mayor’s Riverfront Park. The lease for the Battle Creek Bombers has been extended for five more years. Establishing the team has been an uphill battle: it sits outside the league’s main footprint in […]
Do-it-yourself protesting with Maynard Mallard bobblehead
Lots of Madison Mallards (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) news today: the team released plans for a protesting Maynard G. Mallard bobblehead, suitable for the political message of your choice. The reference, of course, is to the protests over the course of Wisconsin state government after Gov. Scott Walker led a move to limit the collective […]
Mallards unveil more Warner Park renovations for 2012
A year after unveiling $2.2 million in upgrades to Warner Park, the Madison Mallards (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) announced two more big ballpark changes for 2012. The first big change to Warner Park: the addition of a berm in left field, past the administrative offices. The berm will be marketed to families and seat around […]
Bomberg joins Northwoods League front office
Matt Bomberg is now part of the Northwoods League front office, joining Curt Carstensen as a vice president of the summer-collegiate circuit. Bomberg is vice president, business development and Carstensen is vice president, operations, both working alongside League President Dick Radatz, Jr. Bomberg joins the Northwoods League front office after spending the past two seasons […]
River Bats to be made over for 2012 under new ownership
The new owners of the St. Cloud River Bats (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) say they’ll make over the franchise with a new name and new colors while paying back rent on Joe Faber Field. Gary Posch and Joe Sexton, owners of a local auto dealership and investors in the Willmar Stingers (summer collegiate; Northwoods League), […]
River Bats sold
The St. Cloud (Minn.) River Bats (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) have been sold, and the new investment team is set to be announced at a Wednesday press conference. Joel Sutherland has owned the team since its inception. He also owned the Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers in the same circuit before that team suspended operations for […]
Duluth Huskies unveil renovation plan for Wade Stadium
Duluth’s historic WPA-era Wade Stadium would be extensively renovated under a game plan unveiled yesterday by the Duluth Huskies (summer collegiate; Northwoods League). It’s a pretty cool plan, one that keeps the historic nature of the ballpark while upgrading the mechanicals and overhauling fan spaces. For the fans, a new parking-lot-side entry would be added, […]
Bullfrogs sign new five-year lease for Joannes Stadium
The Green Bay Bullfrogs (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) signed a new five-year lease for Joannes Stadium, with one important out: the team can leave if a new downtown ballpark emerges. The team has been working on a new-ballpark plan for several years now. While the plan is undeniably cool — a new ballpark combined with […]
Brainerd out of Northwoods League for 2012
Owner Joel Sutherland put up the good fight at Mills Field for the past few seasons, but it wasn’t enough, as the Brainerd Lakes Area Lunkers are out of the summer-collegiate Northwoods League for 2012. Baseball has never thrived in the northern-Minnesota resort town of Brainerd, either in the form of the independent North Central […]
New for 2012: Lakeshore Chinooks
A Mequon (Wis.) team co-owned by former Milwaukee Brewers greats Robin Yount and Bob Uecker, the Lakeshore Chinooks, will be entering the summer-collegiate Northwoods League in 2012. The team will play at Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon, located north of Milwaukee. The team will be owned by Kapco Inc. of Grafton; Kapco is also building a […]
Mallards sweep Northwoods League end-of-year honors
The Madison Mallards swept the year-end honors in the summer-collegiate Northwoods League, with the front office named Organization of the Year and Conor Caloia named Executive of the Year. It was a good year for the Mallards (we noted the accomplishments of both the team and Caloia in our year-end awards), so it’s no surprise […]