The Yakima Valley Pippins (summer collegiate; West Coast League) will host the 2017 West Coast League (WCL) All-Star Game. (more…)

The Yakima Valley Pippins (summer collegiate; West Coast League) will host the 2017 West Coast League (WCL) All-Star Game. (more…)
With summer-collegiate seasons finished, teams are looking toward 2014 — including the expansion Yakima team slated to play at Yakima County Stadium. The big reason why there was no baseball played this season at Yakima County Stadium: the former Yakima Bears (short season A; Northwest League) still had a lease on the facility and paid […]
The summer-collegiate West Coast League is working on a lease for Yakima County Stadium, beginning in 2014, as a group led by Walla Walla Sweets ownership has been announced. Yakima County Stadium was formerly home to the Yakima Bears (short season A; Northwest League). The team ended operations in Yakima last year after several years […]
The summer-collegiate West Coast League will be at 11 teams for 2013 after adding Medford (Ore.) and Victoria (B.C.) to the circuit; as expected, Yakima is not in the mix. Adding two pretty good markets in Medford and Victoria is a big accomplishment for the circuit; those are two solid markets in two solid ballparks. […]
Yakima (Wash.) officials are assessing the probable loss of the Yakima Bears (short season A; Northwest League) and the possibility that affiliated ball could be lost indefinitely. We’re not talking a small market here: There are 242,000 people in Yakima County, and population is on the rise. And while the Bears certainly were profitable (the […]
Another attempt to bring pro baseball back to the Portland (Ore.) market: Hillsboro officials are pitching a $14-million ballpark for a short-season Northwest League team. The proposed ballpark would come at an existing baseball complex in the city: Field Four at Gordon Faber Recreation Complex. We’re talking a basic ballpark here, but one that would […]
After almost losing the Yakima Bears (short season A; Northwest League) to the Portland area, Yakima County officials say they’re willing to discuss paying for upgrades to Yakima County Stadium. The Bears had entered into discussions with Clark County in suburban Portland before commissioners there failed to pass an amusement tax to partially pay for […]
The greater Portland area won’t go without baseball for too long, as the Yakima Bears (short season; Northwest League) and Clark County announced a plan to bring the team to a Vancouver, Washington ballpark as soon as 2012. It’s no secret multiple teams and leagues were trying to figure out a way to get into […]
The city of Yakima (Wash.) will spend $75,000 on a study designed to ferret out potential sources of public funding for a new Yakima Bears (short season; Northwest League) ballpark on the city’s former Boise Casade mill. The cost of the new ballpark is projected at $23 million; the Bears ownership has already pledged $5 […]