We have multiple pro and summer-collegiate leagues interested in placing a team in Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds after the demise of the Watertown Rams (summer collegiate; Perfect Game League). (more…)
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Sal Maglie Stadium management up for grabs again
An attempt to outsource management of Sal Maglie Stadium, home of the Niagara Power (summer collegiate; NYCBL) and a former pro venue, fell through after concerns were raised about the only vendor to submit a bid. (more…)
Jamestown fielding Diethrick Park lease inquiries
That didn’t take long: A day after the Jamestown Jammers (short season A; NY-Penn League) announced a 2015 move to Morgantown, W.Va., city officials reported multiple inquiries regarding a Diethrick Park lease. Not a surprise: some consider Jamestown a viable market and Diethrick Park, which opened in 1941, a decent venue despite the team’s failure […]
Niagara seeks operator for Sal Maglie Stadium
With the local school district walking away from operating Sal Maglie Stadium, the city is looking for a private firm to manage the home of the Niagara Power (summer collegiate; NYCBL). The ballpark, once home to minor-league baseball (including a short stint hosting the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons), is also home to Niagara University’s baseball program. […]
Renovated Bradner Stadium set to host baseball this season
Bradner Stadium, longtime home to NY-Penn League baseball in Olean, will welcome back baseball when the Olean Oilers (summer collegiate; NYCBL) play this season at the renovated facility. The renovated Bradner Stadium is a community effort, with lot of volunteers and the Oilers involved. What was a community eyesore has been transformed into a modest […]
Future uncertain for Sal Maglie Stadium
Sal Maglie Stadium, home to the Niagara Power (summer collegiate; NYCBL) and a former pro venue, faces an uncertain future as the local school board will ends its management of the historic facility. Besides hosting Power and Niagara University games, the historic ballpark also hosts local high-school matches. The ballpark opened in1939 as a football […]
Oneonta Outlaws to NYCBL in 2013 UPDATED!
It’s a little confusing, but it looks like the summer-collegiate Oneonta Outlaws will be playing the season in the New York Collegiate Baseball League after the former owners decide to take their Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League membership to Saratoga for 2014. The Outlaws swooped in and leased Damaschke Field after the Oneonta Tigers (short […]
Oilers return to Olean
After 60 years, the Olean (N.Y.) Oilers (summer collegiate; NYCBL) are back on the field, not as an MiLB affiliate but as a summer-collegiate squad. The original Olean Oilers played in the the Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York (PONY) League from 1939 to 1951 and 1955 to 1956, and in the New York-Pennsylvania League from 1957 to 1958. […]
Futures Collegiate Baseball League set for 2011
A new summer-collegiate league is on the horizon in New England, as the Lowell Spinners (short season; NY-Penn League) will operate a team out of Nashua’s Holman Stadium on behalf of owner and Wisconsin businessman Eric Butlein in the start-up Futures Collegiate Baseball League of New England. Not a lot of specifics on the new […]
Damaschke Field / Oneonta Outlaws
Most in baseball remember Damaschke Field as the former home of the NY-Penn League’s Oneonta Tigers, a place with strong community ownership and no beer sold at the ballpark. Things have changed: the ballpark was renovated in 2007, the Tigers now are in Norwich, and a summer-collegiate team has taken up residence. One thing remains […]
Doubleday Field / Cooperstown Hawkeyes
It is a relic of the myths surrounding the origins of America’s Pastime, a quaint village ballpark that for many years hosted a major-league exhibition game due to its proximity to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Still, Doubleday Field in downtown Cooperstown is a charming little ballpark that plays host to high-school, college and […]