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Perfect Game Surprise

Perfect Game Extends Partnership with Surprise

The city of Surprise, Arizona, and Perfect Game have announced an expansion of their partnership with a five-year agreement to utilize the Surprise Stadium Complex, managed and operated by the city of Surprise Sports and Tourism Department, as a host site for tournaments and other baseball activities in the area. Twelve Perfect Game tournaments and […]

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Diamond Kinetics Partners with Ripken Baseball and Cooperstown All Star Village

Diamond Kinetics has extended its partnership with Ripken Baseball and Cooperstown All Star Village to bring baseball and softball experiences to players while also announcing the launch of in-app content, experiences and on-site activations. A membership-based experience, Diamond Kinetics combines a bat sensor attachment and mobile app designed to help baseball and softball players while […]

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National Beep Baseball Association

National Beep Baseball Association World Series Headed to Norman

The 2023 National Beep Baseball Association World Series will be played in Norman, Oklahoma. The NBBA, an association for visually impaired players, will bring its championship competition to the state from July 30 through August 5 at Griffin Park. Beep baseball uses audio technology, a ball that beeps and 4-feet-high bases that feature a switch […]

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Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum Receives $1 Million Grant From Bank of America

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum has been awarded a $1 million grant from Bank of America in support of the museum’s $25 million capital campaign to build a new 30,000 square-foot facility. The new facility will be built adjacent to the Buck O’Neil Education and Research Center. With help from the grant, the new NLBM, […]

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Oakland Athletics pitcher Mason Miller throws against the Chicago Cubs during the first inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Oakland A’s Sign Land Agreement for Las Vegas Ballpark

The Oakland A’s have made the next move toward relocating to Las Vegas, announcing that the team has signed a binding agreement to purchase 49 acres of land near the Las Vegas Strip for the site of a future ballpark. In a statement, the team, which for years has negotiated with the city of Oakland […]

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APTOPIX WBC Baseball US Japan

A True ‘World’ Series

The inaugural World Baseball Classic took place in 2006. In 2023 — as many 17-year-olds do — it came of age, capturing the attention of both baseball traditionalists and the general sports fan, while converting elite American-born players to the value of international play. Americans have always been slower than our foreign counterparts to revel […]

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Perfect Game Goodyear

City of Goodyear and Perfect Game Announce Partnership

Perfect Game has announced a partnership with the city of Goodyear, Arizona, to use the Goodyear Ballpark facilities as a hub for tournaments and other activities in the Phoenix area. “Goodyear, in particular, and the surrounding area in general are baseball and softball hotbeds, producing some of the most passionate athletes and fans of the […]

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Perfect Game

Perfect Game Extends Partnership with Hoover

Perfect Game has agreed to a three-year extension of its multiyear agreement with Hoover, Alabama, to use the Hoover Met Complex — managed and operated by Sports Facilities Companies — as a hub for tournaments and other baseball and softball activities in the Birmingham area. Perfect Game, the world’s largest amateur baseball and softball platform […]

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Ballys Minor League Baseball

Bally’s Named Minor League Baseball National Rights-Holder

Bally’s Corporation has announced a multi-year partnership with Minor League Baseball that makes Bally’s the first national media rightsholder for the entire Major League Baseball farm system. The provides Bally’s Corporation with live broadcast and exclusive free-to-play gaming content rights across its digital platforms and strategic partner channels. Notably, the partnership extends to Bally Live, […]

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Wyndham MiLB

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Partners with Minor League Baseball

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, with approximately 9,100 hotels spanning more than 95 countries, has announced a new multi-season partnership that makes it the Official Hotel Partner of Minor League Baseball. Through the relationship with Minor League Baseball, Wyndham Rewards members will this summer be able to redeem points for tickets to Minor League games, throwing […]

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