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It’s official: NECBL to place team at Old Orchard Beach Ballpark

It’s now official: the summer-collegiate New England Collegiate Baseball League will be fielding a team at Old Orchard Ballpark next season, culminating an amazing comeback for a ballpark once given up for dead. Last night the Old Orchard Beach Town Council approved a one-year lease with the Lowell All-Americans (summer collegiate; NECBL) for the 2011 […]

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2010 Baseball Attendance by Average

Here are the complete attendance figures of affiliated, independent and summer-collegiate baseball teams, as ranked by average, with a comparison to 2009 attendance figures when possible. All stats come directly from league websites, league officials and last year’s Ballpark Digest attendance rankings. TEAM LGE TOTAL GMS AV 2009 +/- 1 Lehigh Valley IronPigs IL 645,905 […]

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Edenton Steamers not quite dead yet

Fundraising to keep the Edenton Steamers (summer collegiate; Coastal Plain League) alive has come up short of the goals set by organizers, but enough money has come in to keep the efforts alive — for now. The goal from the nonprofit running the Steamers, the Edenton Chowen Community Foundation: raising $50,000 by Labor Day. That […]

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Lawrence-Dumont Stadium / Wichita Wingnuts

You will take a step back in baseball history when you visit Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, located on the southwest edge of downtown Wichita. Home to the American Association’s Wichita Wingnuts and the National Baseball Congress (NBC), the 1934-built ballpark features a treasure trove of baseball history. FAST FACTS Year Opened: 1934 Capacity: 6,400 (3,000 chairback seats, […]

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Joannes Stadium / Green Bay Bullfrogs

Mark Twain once remarked, “Clothes make the man.” While this statement is often true when it comes to ballparks, such is not the case at Joannes Stadium. Through no fault of their own, the Green Bay Bullfrogs’ home field has little outside beauty connected to it. There are no trees swirling behind an outfield fence. […]

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