We have personnel news to report: Andrew Zito is the new director of group sales for the Chattanooga Lookouts (Class AA; Southern League), while Dave Peterson is executive of the year in the summer-collegiate Futures League. (more…)
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Suns break Futures League attendance record
More 2014 attendance news: The Pittsfield Suns broke the summer-collegiate Futures Collegiate Baseball League attendance record and ranked 16th in the nation in average attendance. Suns attendance increased by 45 percent in 2014 for a total attendance of 46,913 over 26 games this summer. In its inaugural year with the Futures League, the Worcester Bravehearts […]
Futures League sets attendance record
Good news for the summer-collegiate Futures Collegiate Baseball League: with the addition of a tenth team, the circuit has already set a total attendance record with two weeks to go in the season. This is the fourth season for the Futures League, which launched in 2011 with only four teams: Nashua, Martha’s Vineyard, Torrington and […]
Worcester Bravehearts debut tonight
The Worcester Bravehearts (summer collegiate; Futures League) begin play tonight on the road before a home opener tomorrow night at Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field. As you’ll recall, pro baseball in the form of the Worcester Tornadoes (independent; Can-Am League) flamed out spectacularly in 2011, with the team locked out of its offices and […]
Park today, park forever in Worcester
A cemetery is sponsoring free parking at Worcester Bravehearts (summer collegiate; Futures League) games with a simple message: “Please consider WCMP for your final parking spot.” Worcester County Memorial Park has agreed to pay the parking fees at Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field parking garage. Located just a few hundred feet from the main […]
New for 2014: Worcester Bravehearts
We have a name for the newest team in the summer-collegiate Futures Collegiate Baseball League: the Worcester Bravehearts. The team will play out of Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field on the Holy Cross campus. The Bravehearts replace the Worcester Tornadoes (independent; Can-Am League) as the ballpark’s summer tenant. Bravehearts owner John W.S. Creedon, Jr., […]