An ownership change for the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) is in the works, as founders Vern Stenman and Steve Schmitt agree in principal to transfer ownership of their Northwoods League affiliate to brothers Joe and Vince Fonti. (more…)
A nice promotion to report: Tyler Isham is the new general manager of the Madison Mallards (summer collegiate; Northwoods League). (more…)
Running two baseball teams is enough of a challenge for the best of organizations. So when Big Top Baseball, already successful with ownership of the Madison Mallards and the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters, decided to launch a new Kenosha team and take over operations in Green Bay, many bad things could have happened – but they […]
Here’s an interesting stat for you: The Madison Mallards, Kenosha Kingfish, Wisconsin Rapids Rafters and Green Bay Bullfrogs (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) all hosted home games last Saturday night and drew 12,596 fans between the four teams. This is the first year Big Top Baseball has fielded four separate teams: the Mallards came first, followed […]
The Madison Mallards empire is now a team larger, as the group has purchased the Green Bay Bullfrogs from the summer-collegiate Northwoods League, per an announcement today by league president Dick Radatz, Jr. The new ownership group consists of seasoned Northwoods League operators, including lead owner Steve Schmitt, Vern Stenman, Conor Caloia and Liz Kern. […]
More postseason plaudits, this time from the summer-collegiate Northwoods League: Scott Schreiner, VP/GM of the St. Cloud Rox, is 2013 NWL Executive of the Year, while the Madison Mallards were named the Organization of the Year. Schreiner recently completed his second year with the Rox after purchasing the team along with Gary Posch and Joe […]
Jake McGhee is the first general manager of the new Kenosha team in the summer-collegiate Northwoods League, which begins play next season at historic Simmons Field. “After a comprehensive search, we realized the best candidate to lead Kenosha’s newest team was an individual that we have worked closely with for the last three years,” Kenosha […]
The owners of the new summer-collegiate Northwoods League team in Kenosha unveiled renderings of the renovations to Simmons Field, the longtime home to pro ball in the Wisconsin city, set for the 2014 season. The “First Pitch” event tonight featured a live brass band, entertainment from the nationally known Zooperstars and the unveiling of $1 […]
The owners of the new Kenosha team in the summer-collegiate Northwoods League will be unveiling a million dollars in improvements to Simmons Field, the former home to pro baseball in the Wisconsin city. The ballpark improvements cover new seating (including seating reclaimed from Baltimore’s Oriole Park), new grandstands, new dugouts, a brick wall surrounding the […]
Kenosha’s Simmons Field could receive a facelift to the tune of a million dollars, as the owners of the Madison Mallards (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) cast about for more Wisconsin markets. Simmons Field was formerly home to the Kenosha Twins (Low Class A; Midwest League), the Kenosha Kroakers (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) and the short-lived Kenosha […]
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 […]
One important thing to know about the front office of the Madison Mallards (summer collegiate; Northwoods League): they move quickly. Within a short period of city approval for a makeover of Warner Park, Vern Stenman, Conor Caloia and crew were out tearing down the Muskies-era bleachers to make way for new seating from Oriole Park […]
