Blue Jays still on track for 2021 Rogers Centre return
The Toronto Blue Jays are still on track for a 2021 Rogers Centre return as Canada officials review the team’s COVID-19 management plan, but the exact timing is still up in the air. (more…)
Your winner in Best of the Ballparks, 2021 High-A: Maimonides Park
It’s been a big year for the Brooklyn Cyclones in a first year at full-season status: Maimonides Park is your winner in the 2021 MiLB Best of the Ballparks fan vote for High-A facilities. (more…)
MiLB turns Triple-A extended season to tourney–kinda
We reported earlier this month that Minor League Baseball was extending the Triple-A season by 10 games. Today it was announced these games would be played as a postseason tournament of sorts. (more…)
Staten Island Atlantic League baseball plans emerge
We’ll see pro baseball in the form of an Atlantic League team return to Staten Island’s Richmond County Bank Ballpark, as negotiations with an investment group led by John Catsimatidis are in the final stages. (more…)
Ohio explores Progressive Field funding if Indians commit to long-term lease
Don’t look now, but Progressive Field is now 27 years old, and a renovation funding plan in the works could keep the Cleveland Indians there for at least 15 years and up to 25 years. (more…)
Announcing Home Runs: Tales of Tonks, Taters, Contests, and Derbies
We’re eager to announce a new title for a fall release, as Home Runs: Tales of Tonks, Taters, Contests, and Derbies focuses on the contests and dramas surrounding baseball’s most dramatic play. (more…)
It’s LECOM Park vs. Atrium Health Ballpark in the 2021 Best of the Ballparks, Low-A finals
It’s LECOM Park (Bradenton Marauders) vs. Atrium Health Ballpark (Kannapolis Cannon Ballers) in the 2021 MiLB Best of the Ballparks, Low-A finals fan vote. (more…)
Las Vegas Ballpark as MLB home? Maybe, maybe not
After saying it was a possibility the Oakland A’s could play out of Las Vegas Ballpark on a temporary basis, team president Dave Kaval walked back that assertion, saying that it was more of a hypothetical statement. (more…)
Final Four time in Best of the Ballparks, MLB Summer Collegiate fan vote
After a few more upsets, voting in the Best of the Ballparks, MLB Summer Collegiate round moves to the Final Four, as fans choose between Appalachian and MLB Draft League facilities. (more…)
Fear of “Las Vegas style shooting” leads to four Denver arrests during MLB All-Star Game week
Police arrested three men and a woman at the Maven Hotel near Coors Field after seizing 16 long guns and more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition to prevent a “Las Vegas style shooting” at the 2021 All-Star Game in Denver. (more…)
Reading budgeting $16M in FirstEnergy Stadium upgrades
The Reading Fightin Phils (Double-A East) and local government officials are budgeting $16 million in FirstEnergy Stadium upgrades to meet the new MLB specs for Minor League Baseball ballparks. (more…)
A’s braintrust plans third Vegas run
The Oakland A’s ownership is planning a third Vegas run in search of some sort of ballpark deal in Sin City after a negotiating session on a new downtown Oakland ballpark goes poorly. (more…)
2021 MiLB Best of the Ballparks, Low-A moves to Final Four
With plenty of close votes, we’ve moved on to the Final Four round of the 2021 MiLB Best of the Ballparks, Low-A fan vote, with a playing field from around the country. (more…)