The summer-collegiate Coastal Plain League will be at 14 teams for 2012 after the Outer Banks Daredevils suspended operations, as team owners tire of running the team at a loss. The Daredevils are an original member of the circuit. The team is for sale, by the way. —- Share your news with the baseball community. […]
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DeKalb County Liners jumping to Midwest Collegiate League
The DeKalb County Liners are leaving the summer-collegiate Prospect League and will play in 2012 in the Midwest Collegiate League. DeKalb will join the DuPage County Hounds, Chicago Zephyrs, Rockford Foresters, Southland Vikings and Will County CrackerJacks in the league’s 2012 lineup. The league plans to announce additional expansion news soon. “We are extremely excited […]
New for 2012: Lakeshore Chinooks
A Mequon (Wis.) team co-owned by former Milwaukee Brewers greats Robin Yount and Bob Uecker, the Lakeshore Chinooks, will be entering the summer-collegiate Northwoods League in 2012. The team will play at Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon, located north of Milwaukee. The team will be owned by Kapco Inc. of Grafton; Kapco is also building a […]
WCL eyes Victoria for 2013
The summer-collegiate West Coast League is negotiating to put a team in Victoria’s Royal Athletic Park for the 2013 season. It would be the circuit’s first foray into Canada. Currently the league features teams in Washington State and Oregon. Royal Athletic Park was home to the Victoria Seals (independent; North American League) for two seasons […]
Laconia to Francona: Show us a little muskrat love
Looking to make a little impact, the Laconia Muskrats (summer collegiate; NECBL) have offered their managerial position to Terry Francona, fired Saturday as manager of the Boston Red Sox. “We know Francona will be a hot commodity and we wanted to convey our offer to him first,” said Muskrats General Manager Noah Crane. The Muskrats […]
Mallards sweep Northwoods League end-of-year honors
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 […]
2011 Baseball Attendance by Average
Here’s the Big Kahuna of attendance compilations: a list of the 350 affiliated, independent and summer-collegiate teams attracting 51 million fans during the 2011 baseball season. This list comprises 174 affiliated teams playing under the Minor League Baseball banner, 51 independent teams and venues, and 126 NCAA-sanctioned summer-collegiate teams across the United States and Canada. […]
Crunching the 2011 summer-collegiate attendance figures
With over 3 million attendees in 2011, summer-collegiate leagues are proving to be an important part of the baseball economy. We’ll examine the attendance numbers posted today on Ballpark Digest. First off: by our tally, 3.075 million fans “officially” attended summer-collegiate games in 2011. We report this number with a big disclaimer: there are many […]
2011 Summer-Collegiate Attendance by Average
We conclude our listings of 2011 summer-collegiate attendance with a look at average attendance — perhaps the most accurate way to measure the health of a franchise. Because of the small number of games in many leagues, the attendance can vary greatly year to year, so you’re going to see more fluctuations here than in, […]
2011 Summer-Collegiate Attendance by Total
We continue our coverage of baseball attendance with a look at total numbers for summer-collegiate leagues, as well as a comparison of 2010 numbers to 2011 figures. The teams listed here tallied a little more than 3 million fans attending games in 2011 (as opposed to the 2.7 million we tallied in 2010): that’s an […]
2011 Summer-Collegiate Attendance by League
We continue our coverage of 2011 attendance figures with a listing of numbers from summer-collegiate leagues. In this article, we list attendance by league. We list the numbers for 2010 and 2011 to give you an idea of how teams and leagues fared year to year. Be warned that this isn’t necessarily a strict comparison […]
Port Arthur Stadium / Thunder Bay Border Cats
There are some ballparks that are just plain likable, in spite of some deficiencies. Port Arthur Stadium, tucked into a corner of Thunder Bay, is one of those places. It’s not a very large facility, and it’s not very fancy. In fact, it’s a pretty basic ballpark and the Thunder Bay Border Cats don’t do […]
LaVallee new Seacoast Mavericks GM
The Seacoast Mavericks (summer collegiate; Futures Collegiate Baseball League) didn’t waste any time setting up their 2012 season, naming Joel LaVallee as the team’s new general manager. He replaces Sean Evans, who will stay with the team and focus on player personnel. “A major responsibility of our GM has to be on the fund raising […]