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Minor League Baseball has introduced an exciting new format to crown a champion over three days in Las Vegas this fall. The inaugural Triple-A Triple Championship weekend will take place September 30–October 2, 2022, at the new Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin, Nevada. The three-game series will begin with the division winners of the Triple-A […]
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Minor League Baseball will have AI-powered assistants to help with ticket sales and service for all 120 teams through a partnership with Satisfi Labs. This partnership is designed to help answer fan pre-purchase questions as well as help fans with post-purchase questions such as accessing tickets, refunds, ticket forwarding and other ticket support questions. The […]
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The New York Boulders of the Frontier League have renamed their ballpark Clover Stadium as part of a multi-year naming rights partnership with Fiserv, Inc., a provider of payments and financial services technology solutions. Founded in 2011 as the Rockland Boulders, the organization rebranded in 2020 as the New York Boulders as a member of […]
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The home of the minor league Richmond Flying Squirrels will get a new look in the future as the Virginia destination has released a RFP for developers to create a new mixed-use development area in the Diamond District. The 70-acre site is owned by the city four minutes from downtown and includes the current Diamond […]
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Stepping up improvements for minor leaguers after widespread criticism, Major League Baseball’s new housing policy will require teams to provide furnished accommodations, with no more than two players per bedroom and housing “located at a reasonable, commutable distance from the ballpark,” with teams being responsible for basic utility bills, the league announced on Thursday. Major […]
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The home ballpark for one of minor league baseball’s most imaginatively named teams has a new name itself. The home of the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Mets, will now be called Mirabito Stadium after two-plus decades of being called NYSEG Stadium. NYSEG will continue as a sponsor of the […]
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Major League Baseball has expanded its partnership with Spectrum Solutions, LLC to facilitate a COVID-19 testing program throughout the 2021 Minor League Baseball season, supplying all 120 teams with saliva collection kits for all player and staff testing. Minor League health and safety protocols include laboratory PCR testing of players and staff members multiple times […]
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As the demand for spaces to host sporting events continues to grow with an eye toward sports-related travel in a post-coronavirus world, destinations across the country are examining their inventory, identifying needs and building accordingly. Here are 15 new sports complexes to keep an eye on in 2021. Midway Central Station Bedford Park, Illinois OPENING: […]
Continue ReadingEight baseball teams will become part of the Pioneer League, which has been designated as the fourth “Partner League” of Major League Baseball. Some of the teams, which previously had major-league affiliations, now will become part of an independent league for free agents and unsigned professionals looking to be added to a MLB team’s farm […]
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Minor League Baseball President and Chief Executive Officer Pat O’Connor will retire at the end of 2020 after 28 years with the MiLB office and nearly four decades overall in professional baseball, the organization has announced. O’Conner joined Minor League Baseball in 1993 as chief operating officer and was named vice president, administration, after the […]
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