Arm & Hammer Park / Trenton Thunder
Arm & Hammer Park, one must admit, has a pretty darn good baseball-sounding ring to it. The ballpark, the only primary home the Trenton Thunder (Class AA; Eastern League) have ever known, was renamed from Mercer County Waterfont Park at a press conference this past November. FAST FACTS Opened: May 9, 1994Capacity: 6,341Dimensions: 330L, 407C, […]
Evaluating player trades via rookie cards
Let’s begin with this: On Sunday, December 9, the Kansas City Royals acquired pitchers James Shields and Wade Davis (as well as a player yet to be named) from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for Wil Myers, Jake Odorizzi, Mike Montgomery, and Patrick Leonard. It will be five months before we begin to see […]
North Augusta ballpark project to be unveiled this week
A plan for a new ballpark in North Augusta’s proposed multiuse riverfront project for the Augusta GreenJackets (Low Class A; Sally League) will unveiled this week, as the face of baseball in the city could dramatically change. Last week we reported a sale of the GreenJackets was underway and a new ballpark development was in […]
San Antonio looking at AAA ball, upgradeable ballpark
As heard at the Winter Meetings: San Antonio business leaders are looking to put together a plan for a downtown Triple-A ballpark that could be expanded into an MLB facility someday. Rackspace’s Graham Weston and other downtown business and political leaders (including Judge Nelson Wolff, for whom Wolff Stadium is named) are looking at a […]
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 […]
TIF district approved for Morgantown ballpark
The Monongalia County Commission gave final approval to a tax-increment-financing (TIF) district in Morgantown that would help fund a new ballpark for the West Virginia University baseball team and potentially a NY-Penn League team. The county has been discussing a TIF for several months in association with a developer and the university. The TIF would […]
Available in Print: The Baseball Thesaurus
We have the perfect holiday present for the baseball fan: the print version of The Baseball Thesaurus, Jesse Goldberg-Strassler’s wonderful guide to the language of baseball, is now available for shipping. The book has been available in an eBook for a month or so (it’s currently in the top-10 baseball-history books for Kindle readers), and […]
Ripken Baseball selling Augusta GreenJackets: owners
Ripken Baseball is in the process of selling the Augusta GreenJackets (Low Class A; Sally League) to an investment group for $7.5 million, according to several owners with knowledge of the sale. A sale has been discussed recently — the local alternative weekly has posted some information on its Facebook page — as a ballpark […]
MiLB squirrelly about new Richmond ballpark
Joe McEacharn, Pat O’Conner and Chuck Domino all expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of perceived progress toward a new Richmond Flying Squirrels (Class AA; Eastern League) ballpark. The physical status of The Diamond has been an issue for years now — it was built quickly and cheaply on the old Parker Field site — and […]
Slammers: Big plans for 2013
The continuing effort to stabilize pro baseball in Joliet was boosted after new Joliet Slammers (independent; Frontier League) ownership and management met with local fans. In theory, Joliet should be a good baseball market if the numbers are correct. And while indy baseball initially did OK at Silver Cross Field during the early days of […]
Skylands Park debt sold; Atlantic League interested in placing team there
In a fairly unimportant move, the tax lien on Skylands Park, the former home to pro baseball in New Jersey’s Frankfort Township, has been sold; the real news is that Frank Boulton confirms interest in placing a team there in 2014. It’s no secret that the independent Atlantic League has been working on a scaled-down […]
City: We’re not eager to make Aces Ballpark deal, either
A day after Washoe County decided to wait and see on an Aces Ballpark bailout, the Reno City Council decided to put off a decision until next year in hopes of crafting a deal. Thre issue: coming up with $30 million to cover debt service on the ballpark, SK Baseball, owners of the ballpark and […]
New Bakersfield ballpark receives preliminary approval
A proposed new ballpark for the Bakersfield Blaze (High Class A; California League) has received preliminary approval from the local Board of Zoning Adjustment, as the project heads for a 2014 opening. The new ballpark, to be financed privately by new team ownership, will be located at the Bakersfield Commons development, at Coffee and Brimhall […]