Tickets for the MLB at Rickwood Field, A Tribute to the Negro Leagues event at Birmingham’s historic venue will be sold exclusively to Alabama residents, with recipients determined by a lottery now open to the public. (more…)
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All good things: Time to bid farewell
It seems appropriate this Opening Day to announce a big change in the future of Ballpark Digest: twenty-some years after launching this site and August Publications, I’m retiring early and focusing instead on family. (more…)
Big League Utah adds advisory boards, potential charity to MLB expansion efforts
Big League Utah, the group seeking to bring MLB to Salt Lake City, provided more information on their vision for an entertainment district at a proposed ballpark site while announcing new advisory boards and a charity designed to enhance the ballpark area. (more…)
Braves, Truist Park land 2025 All-Star Game
Start your planning: MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announced today that the Atlanta Braves and Truist Park will host the 2025 All-Star Game. (more…)
American Family Field legislation clears Senate; Assembly passage expected
Proposed American Family Field legislation authorizing updating and upgrading the home of the Milwaukee Brewers passed the Wisconsin Senate by a comfortable margin today, with the Assembly expected to adopt amendments to the measure as soon as today. (more…)
Settlement reached in MLB antitrust challenge
No overturning the MLB antitrust exemption this year, as Major League Baseball and four former Minor League Baseball teams settled state and federal lawsuits over the manner of the 2020 downsizing of MiLB to 120 teams. (more…)
Deadline for new Hillsboro Hops ballpark financing pushed to next March
The deadline for financing a new Hillsboro Hops ballpark has been extended by MLB, as the High-A Northwest League team has been given until March 15, 2024 to finalize a funding plan. (more…)
18 AGs sign onto challenge to MLB antitrust exemption
Urged to move forward by 18 attorneys general, the U.S. Supreme Court could take another run at reevaluating the MLB antitrust exemption in a case filed by the Tri-City ValleyCats and the Norwich Sea Unicorns after both teams and much of the NY-Penn League were booted from affiliated ranks in 2020. (more…)
2023 MLB attendance by average
We continue our series on professional-baseball attendance with this look at the numbers for 2023 MLB attendance by average–numbers that reflect the general optimism we’re seeing in the MLB world. (more…)
2023 MLB attendance by total
We continue our series on professional-baseball attendance with this look at the numbers for 2023 MLB attendance by total–numbers that reflect the general optimism we’re seeing in the MLB world. (more…)
Sherman shares update on new Royals ballpark–but few new details
Kansas City owner John Sherman shared an open letter about the status of a new Royals ballpark, but platitudes aside, it contained very few details about what the American League team has planned. (more…)
2024 All-Star Game logo unveiled
Major League Baseball and the Texas Rangers unveiled the 2024 All-Star Game logo, as next year’s Midsummer Classic is set for Globe Life Field on July 16. (more…)
2023 Arizona Fall League schedule released
With the release of the 2024 MLB schedule last week and the release of the 2023 Arizona Fall League schedule this week, all we need is the 2024 spring training schedule release–expected in August–to plan our travels for the next year. (more…)