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RailRiders interest sold to investment group

Mandalay Baseball Properties’ half interest in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (Class AAA; International League) will be sold to SWB Investors LLC, pending MiLB and International League approvals. The principals behind SWB Investors LLC are David Abrams, David Blitzer, Grant Cagle and Michael Hisler. All local team management, including team president and general manager Rob Crain, will […]

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Greenberg, Sonju close on purchase of Frisco RoughRiders

The first part of the Mandalay Baseball Properties selloff has been announced, with veteran baseball operator Chuck Greenberg and Scott Sonju buying the Frisco RoughRiders (Class AA; Texas League). Terms of the deal were not announced. A new corporation, Frisco RoughRiders LP, will include Greenberg, Sonju and local investors. Greenberg will be Chairman, CEO and […]

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New for 2013: Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders

Goodbye Yankees, hello Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (Class AAA; International League), as the team combines the top two vote-getters in a name-the-team contest into a single brand. It certainly takes a bold hand to create a team identity that combines porcupines and a trolley car — with the end result a trolley-riding porcupine that sometimes dons conductors’ […]

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Rose steps down as SWB Yankees prez

Kristen Rose has stepped down as president of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (Class AAA; International League) amid reports that a sale of the team is at hand. Rose will be a new executive vice president of Mandalay Baseball Properties, one of the two parties buying the SWB Yankees. “I have enjoyed my time as President of the […]

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Matin new BIRCO chairman

Art Matin, Chief Executive Officer of Mandalay Baseball Properties, is the new chairman of BIRCO’s 10-member Board of Directors. BIRCO manages the digital media rights of its member Minor League Baseball clubs and leagues. Matin, who had been the Double-A representative on the BIRCO Board since its founding two years ago, succeeds Frank Burke, who […]

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PSC, Mandalay to join forces

Professional Sports Catering announced today that it has entered into a joint venture partnership with Mandalay Baseball Properties.  In the new partnership, PSC will maintain majority ownership and management of the company while Mandalay will add its extensive management expertise and experience in Minor League Baseball, and will become an active partner in the growth […]

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RedHawks, Astros new partners

Fresh off an affiliation with Round Rock, the Houston Astros have struck an affiliation deal with the Oklahoma City RedHawks (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League), bringing back Astros players to the city where old Colt .45s had their original Triple-A affiliation in 1962. “We are very excited to have our Triple A affiliation coming home […]

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