The Seacoast Mavericks (summer collegiate; Futures Collegiate Baseball League) will play their inaugural season at Bert George Field at Spaulding High School in Rochester, N.H., under a lease signed last night. The Mavericks are one of four teams in the startup circuit. The lease is for five years. Under the terms of the lease the […]
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Bullfrogs ballpark moves forward; will not seek city loan for now
A proposed Green Bay Bullfrogs (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) is back on track after Titletown Entertainment Group drops a request to borrow $3 million from the city for the project. Titletown, owner of the Bullfrogs, is still seeking $1 million in tax-increment financing for the ballpark as well as a $1 purchase of 16.5 acres […]
Titans bought by Carminucci; will shift to Futures League
Chris Carminucci, an active businessman in the independent-baseball world, doubles down on the summer-collegiate Futures League with the purchase of the Torrington Titans and its subsequent shift to the start-up circuit. The team was purchased from Our Baseball Heaven, a nonprofit set up to “crowdsource” team finances via $100 memberships that also included a […]
Mallards unveil new logos for 2011
Coinciding with the extreme makeover of Warner Park for the 2011 season, the Madison Mallards (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) unveiled new logos at an event today in Wisconsin. The new logos feature a slightly more menacing Maynard Mallard, replacing the original logo created when the team joined the Northwoods League more than 10 years ago. […]
Schaumburg quietly invites leagues to pitch for Alexian Field lease
Preparing for the possibility that a sale of the Schaumburg Flyers (independent; North American League) may not close by tomorrow, Village of Schaumburg officials have invited reps from independent leagues to make pitches next week for the Alexian Field lease in 2011. We’re told by sources close to the Village that the American Association and […]
Renovation work begins on Madison’s Duck Pond
The grand makeover of Warner Park, the home of the Madison Mallards (summer collegiate; Northwoods League), is underway, as construction crews took out the remaining portions of the grandstand and started pouring footings for a new grandstand. The work will complete a complete makeover of Warner Park from when it opened as the very basic […]
Bombers unveil new logos for 2011
The Battle Creek Bombers (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) unveiled new logos for the 2011 season, the team’s fifth at C.O. Brown Stadium. The new look comes from Worthen Design, a Utah-based brand-development firm. “When designing the future brand for the Battle Creek Bombers, we wanted to make sure we took into consideration the interaction of […]
Grizzlies, Canseco to team up for HR Derby
Good thing there’s lots of room past the home-run fences at Sims Legion Park: the Gastonia Grizzlies (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League) are hosting a Home Run Derby on March 19 featuring former American League MVP Jose Canseco. It’s billed as the first annual ASP Nation Home Run Derby. Fans will have the opportunity to […]
Foresters to offer free ducats to Rockford unemployed
The Rockford Foresters (summer collegiate; Midwest Baseball League) will offer free admission to a game this coming season to the unemployed, building on a promotion launched last season. On game days, fans that are unemployed can get two free tickets to a game at Marinelli Field simply by showing their Illinois Department of Employment Security […]
Goodbye, Great Plains Baseball League; hello, Midwest Collegiate League
The summer-collegiate Great Plains League is no more, replaced with a new name — the Midwest Collegiate League — designed to better reflect the league’s footprint for the 2011 and 2012 seasons. The league lineup: the Chicago Zephyrs (playing out of Judson University), Homestead Ranchers (playing out of Grosche Field), Rockford Foresters (playing out of […]
New ballpark pitched for Cranbrook
A new ballpark is being pitched for the expansion Cranbrook (BC) Eds (summer collegiate; Western Major Baseball League), as local baseball proponents seek to raise enough money to build a $7.2-million facility at Moir Park. The WMBL awarded an expansion franchise conditional on the construction of a league-compliant ballpark. The proposal for the facility comes […]
‘Jacks returning to Driller Park?
Local reports peg the East Texas Pump Jacks (summer collegiate; Texas Collegiate League) returning to Kilgore’s Driller Park for a fourth season, despite some disagreements in the past. The Kilgore School District and team ownership had disagreements over the lease in years past, but apparently all the kinks were worked out. Still, the two sides […]
New for 2011: Mystic Schooners
The newest team in the summer-collegiate New England Collegiate Baseball League: the Mystic Schooners, as the former Bristol Collegiate announces a new team name and a new general manager, Jack O’Keefe. O’Keefe is a long-time Waterford High School baseball coach. The team will play at Fitch High School, thanks to a $500,000 gift from an […]