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New ballpark on tap for Abilene

New ballpark on tap for Abilene

In announcing the addition of the Abilene Prairie Dogs to the independent North American League lineup, team ownership announced efforts were underway to procure a new ballpark for the 2013 season.

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Harwich lands 2012 Cape Cod League All-Star Game

Harwich lands 2012 Cape Cod League All-Star Game

The Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game is returning to a league ballpark, as the 2012 game is slat...

New for 2013: Regions Field

New for 2013: Regions Field

Regions Bank will keep its naming-rights deal with the Birmingham Barons (Class AA; Southern League), a...

Pacifics headed to jail

Pacifics headed to jail

The San Rafael Pacifics (independent; North American League) will be playing one of the more unusual ex...

American Association: We'd be interested in Hoover team

American Association: We'd be interested in Hoover team

Commissioner Miles Wolff says the independent American Association is interested in placing a team at Re...

State: Provident Bank Park could end up costing taxpayers $60 million

State: Provident Bank Park could end up costing taxpayers $60 million

The New York Comptroller’s Office says Ramapo (N.Y.) taxpayers could be on the hook for $60 million to p...

Minor-League Baseball

News

New for 2013: Regions Field

New for 2013: Regions Field

Regions Bank will keep its naming-rights deal with the Birmingham Barons (Class AA; Southern League), as the team's new downtown ballpark will be known as Regions Field when it opens in 2013.

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Features

New for 2012: Peoples Natural Gas Field

New for 2012: Peoples Natural Gas Field

In a partnership could help spur economic development with the use of green energy, the Altoona Curve (Class AA; Eastern League) sold naming rights to Blair County Ballpark to Peoples Natural Gas.

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Visits

Appalachian Power Park / West Virginia Power

Appalachian Power Park / West Virginia Power

Replacing venerable Watt Powell Park as the home of South Atlantic League baseball, Appalachian Power Park features a recessed playing field, a tiered picnic area and a large public plaza.

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Major-League Baseball

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Oakland bows out of Victory Court site for new A's ballpark

Oakland bows out of Victory Court site for new A's ballpark

Faced with a lack of redevelopment funds seized by the state, Oakland is dropping its plans for a new Athletics ballpark at Victory Court -- leading the way for a move of the team to San Jose.

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Features

Solar power on agenda for Kauffman Stadium

Solar power on agenda for Kauffman Stadium

A solar array -- the largest in the major leagues -- has been installed at Kauffman Stadium, home of the Kansas City Royals , with the capacity to generate 36,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per year.

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Visits

Chase Field / Arizona Diamondbacks

Chase Field / Arizona Diamondbacks

There is simply no escaping an air-conditioned existence if you spend any time in Phoenix in the summer: the desert atmosphere so welcome for spring training in March becomes rather tiresome by the be...

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Independent Baseball

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Pacifics headed to jail

Pacifics headed to jail

The San Rafael Pacifics (independent; North American League) will be playing one of the more unusual exhibitions ever: in May they'll be playing an All-Star squad of San Quentin State Prison inmates.

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Features

New ballpark on tap for Abilene

New ballpark on tap for Abilene

In announcing the addition of the Abilene Prairie Dogs to the independent North American League lineup, team ownership announced efforts were underway to procure a new ballpark for the 2013 season.

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Visits

Preview: Uni-Trade Stadium / Laredo Lemurs

Preview: Uni-Trade Stadium / Laredo Lemurs

The new home of the Laredo Lemurs (independent; American Association) is slated to open for the 2012 season.

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College Baseball

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Harwich lands 2012 Cape Cod League All-Star Game

Harwich lands 2012 Cape Cod League All-Star Game

The Cape Cod Baseball League All-Star Game is returning to a league ballpark, as the 2012 game is slated to be played at Whitehouse Field, home of the defending league champs Harwich Mariners.

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Features

First look at USD's renovated Fowler Park

First look at USD's renovated Fowler Park

We have a first look at the renderings for the renovations at the renamed Fowler Park, the ballpark at the University of San Diego, on a job scheduled to begin at the end of the 2012 Toreros season.

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Visits

Port Arthur Stadium / Thunder Bay Border Cats

Port Arthur Stadium / Thunder Bay Border Cats

There are some ballparks that are just plain likable, in spite of some deficiencies. Port Arthur Stadium, tucked into a corner of Thunder Bay, is one of those places. It's not a very large facility, and...

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At the Ballpark

The Front Office

Pfander new GM in Charlotte

Pfander new GM in Charlotte

Jim Pfander is the new general manager of the Charlotte Stone Crabs (High Class A; Florida State League), exiting his previous job as executive vice president/COO of the Akron Aeros (Class AA; Eastern Leag...

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Future Ballparks

Champaign takes another run at new ballpark

Champaign takes another run at new ballpark

The effort to bring professional baseball to Champaign, Ill., continues, as a city task force will meet at the end of the month to map out a game plan for funding a new ballpark.

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Endangered Ballparks

Another WPA ballpark to bite the dust

Another WPA ballpark to bite the dust

Al Krueger Field, a Perham (Minn.) WPA ballpark that's hosted Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks (independent; American Association) exhibitions, is slated to be torn down because of unsafe conditions.

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