With a smaller field and plenty of social distancing, the historic National Baseball Congress (NBC) World Series launched yesterday at Wichita State University’s Eck Stadium. (more…)
Archive | Summer Collegiate
Ballpark Digest Broadcaster Chat for July 27, 2020
Jesse Goldberg-Strassler, Mick Gillispie and Kevin Reichard discuss their experiences binging baseball, why cutout fans suck and the difficulties of calling a game from the studio in this week’s Ballpark Digest Broadcaster Chat. (more…)
Turtle Creek Stadium wins Best of the Ballparks honors
Turtle Creek Stadium, home of the Traverse City Pit Spitters and host in 2020 of a two-team Northwoods League pod, is your winner in the Best of the Ballparks 2020 summer-collegiate fan vote. (more…)
It’s Hastings vs. Traverse City in Best of the Ballparks summer collegiate finals
It’s Duncan Field (Hastings Sodbusters) vs. Turtle Creek Stadium (Traverse City Pit Spitters) in the final of the 2020 Best of the Ballparks fan vote for summer-collegiate facilities. So vote! (more…)
Name-the-team contest launched for new Alton team
Another sign that 2021 isn’t that far away: we have a name-the-team competition for the new summer-collegiate Prospect League squad operating at Lloyd Hopkins Field in Gordon Moore Park next season. (more…)
New for 2021: Nanaimo NightOwls
We have the name and branding for the new Nanaimo (BC) team entering the summer-collegiate West Coast League in 2021: the Nanaimo NightOwls, with the Nanaimo Bars created as alt branding. (more…)
Final Four time in summer-collegiate Best of the Ballparks 2020 fan vote
Northwoods League teams accounted for three of the four slots in the penultimate round of the summer-collegiate Best of the Ballparks 2020 fan vote, as we head toward a final vote next week. So vote! (more…)
Summer collegiate Best of the Ballparks 2020 fan vote moves to Elite Eight
With several close votes and five Northwoods League teams advancing, we’re now in the Elite Eight round of the summer collegiate Best of the Ballparks 2020 fan vote. So vote! (more…)
Despite cancelations, grassroots baseball lives on
With the Minor League Baseball season canceled and many summer-collegiate leagues operating on a limited basis due to local restrictions, baseball has been a largely improvised endeavor across the country. Here are some developments worth noting. (more…)
Sweet Sixteen time in summer collegiate Best of the Ballparks 2020 fan vote
We’ll have a new champion for 2020, as the results of the first round of the summer collegiate Best of the Ballparks 2020 fan vote yielded only a few close votes and plenty of blowouts. So we move on to the Sweet Sixteen round of voting! (more…)
Bravehearts looking for temporary 2020 home
With Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field unavailable because the College of the Holy Cross is closed, Worcester Bravehearts (summer collegiate; Futures League) owner John Creedon is looking for a 2020 temporary home. (more…)
Voting opens in summer collegiate Best of the Ballparks 2020 fan vote
It’s an unusual year in the summer-collegiate world, to be sure, so we’re running an unusual Best of the Ballparks 2020 fan vote for the various facilities hosting league play this summer. (more…)
Tough decisions as more play launches in 2020
As many summer-collegiate teams launch a limited season this week, the issue of how to manage fans is a big issue: just because teams can allow fans into the ballpark to watch the action, should they? (more…)