It was a week for the future, as teams positioned their ballpark offerings for 2011 and beyond, what with renovations, naming-rights sales and new identities. It was also a week where we said goodbye to an old friend. The top stories of the last week on Ballpark Digest, as ranked by page views. As Giants […]
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As Giants win World Series, Athletics ballpark status in limbo
As the San Francisco Giants captured their first World Series trophy in the Bay Area, the Oakland Athletics sat quietly on the sidelines with a ballpark situation in limbo. Will MLB finally resolve the situation this offseason? MLB likes to control the message, and the message in the playoffs always was focused on the Texas […]
No economic impact for ballparks? Tell that to Giants fans
Want to argue that ballparks make no economic impact in a community? The area around AT&T Park, once a wasteland, is now a hopping, healthy area, in large part because of the impact of the home of the San Francisco Giants. And with the World Series starting there Wednesday, the impact — both financially and […]
World Series launches Wednesday
The schedule for this year’s World Series has been released, and it begins Wednesday when the San Francisco Giants host the upstart Texas Rangers at beautiful AT&T Park. Gametime for Wedneday’s game is 7:30 p.m. Eastern. Cliff Lee is expected to start for the Rangers, with Tim Lincecum slated for the Giants. Here’s the rest […]
GreenJackets, Giants renew PDC
The San Francisco Giants and the Augusta GreenJackets (Low Class A; Sally League) will remain partners for two more years, as the pair signed an extension to their player-development contract (PDC). The extension will run through the 2012 season. “The Giants are a quality organization and we have very much enjoyed working with them,” said […]
Flying Squirrels, Giants extend PDC
The Richmond Flying Squirrels and the San Francisco Giants announced an extension of their Player Development Contract (PDC) through the 2012 season. “Bill Neukom and the Giants officials along with coaches and players are excited and enthused about what we are doing and the city that they are in,” said Flying Squirrels President and Managing […]
Will we see one more Giants game at the ‘Stick?
San Francisco is floating a plan to play one final Giants game at Candlestick Park to mark the 50th anniversary of the team’s move to Candlestick Park, but a price tag of at least $2 million will probably doom the endeavor. Of course, it’s a little late in the season to be looking at moving […]
National League
The National League launched the modern era of professional baseball as a response to the looser, arguably corrupt National Association, in 1876. Led by William Hulbert and Albert Spalding, the circuit began with the defection of four Western teams — St. Louis, Chicago, Louisville and Cincinnati — from the National Association and launched with eight […]