The Baton Rouge Rougarou (summer collegiate; Texas Collegiate League) sat out the 2020 season due to COVID concerns, but the team will return in 2021 under a new owner, Ricky VanAsselberg. (more…)
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TX, OK MiLB teams to host summer-collegiate play at unused ballparks
We’ve heard from a few Minor League Baseball owners offering their venues to summer-collegiate teams, but this is the first such announcement, and it’s a big one: Five MiLB organizations will be fielding six teams in the Texas Collegiate League. (more…)
FCBL, TCL, NYCBL delay season start
More changes to the 2020 summer-collegiate season, as the Futures Collegiate Baseball League (FCBL), Texas Collegiate League (TCL) and the New York Collegiate Baseball League (NYCBL) will delay the beginning of their campaigns. (more…)
Down to Final Four in 2019 Summer Collegiate Best of the Ballparks Vote
It’s a Northwoods League-dominated Final Four, with three Northwoods ballparks among the Final Four in the 2019 summer collegiate Best of the Ballparks vote. So you know what to do: vote! (more…)
New for 2019: Baton Rouge Rougarou
Branding has been unveiled for the Baton Rouge Rougarou, a new Texas Collegiate League team that will begin play in Louisiana’s capital city in 2019. (more…)
Pump Jacks to play 2015 in Tyler
The East Texas Pump Jacks (summer collegiate; Texas Collegiate League) are leaving Kilgore’s Driller Park for the University of Texas-Tyler’s Irwin Field for the 2015 season. (more…)
Fire leaves Bringhurst Field future in doubt
With a fire damaging team offices and the grandstand already under scrutiny for unsafe conditions, the future of Alexandria’s historic Bringhurst Field is in serious doubt. (more…)
Saving Bringhurst Field in Alexandria
With Alexandria (La.) officials proposing to tear down Bringhurst Field, home to baseball there since 1933, locals are seeking to save the historic facility. That Bringhurst Field is in bad shape is a given: part of the grandstand was shut down two years ago because of safety issues. And Alexandria has not embraced either pro […]
Pump Jacks to don Pharrell-inspired Buffalo hats this season
We see a lot of April 1 stories, but this one stood out: The East Texas Pump Jacks (summer collegiate; Texas Collegiate League) are donning Pharrell-inspired Buffalo hats this season. Really, this story needs to be seen to be appreciated. So go to the Pump Jacks site and take a look. —- Share your news […]
Personnel moves in Gary, Acadiana
Some personnel news to report in the front offices of the Gary-SouthShore RailCats (independent; American Association) and the Acadiana Csne Cutters (summer collegiate; Texas Collegiate League). David Kay joins the RailCats as Assistant General Manager and Director of Tickets for the 2014 season. This will be David’s 9th season working in professional baseball. He most […]
No more Alexandria Aces for 2013
Putting a team in partially condemned Bringhurst Field didn’t end up working out for the independent United League, as the Alexandria Aces have reportedly folded. A report in the Brownsville Herald quotes United League Baseball chief executive officer John Bryant as saying the team’s season is over, and that the league’s schedule will be accommodated […]
It’s the Alexandria Aces for 2013
The Alexandria Aces (independent; United League Baseball) are officially returning to Bringhurst Field, as the indy circuit signs a lease that will work around the dangerous portions of the historic ballpark. As you’ll recall, late last season a different version of the Aces — this one playing in the summer-collegiate Texas Collegiate League — pulled […]
United League returns to Alexandria
The independent United League Baseball is returning to Alexandria (La.), as the league reached a tentative agreement to place a team at Bringhurst Field for the 2013 season. Alexandria was an original ULB member, but as of late the Alexandria Aces were part of the summer-collegiate Texas Collegiate League. Last season the Aces played under […]