The new ballpark in Ontario, CA, that will be home to the Dodgers’ A-ball affiliate (now still playing in Rancho Cucamonga) will be called ONT Field, after the nearby international airport of Ontario. Wednesday, the Ontario Baseball club unveiled the name of their future ballpark. During a press conference in the Ontario Convention Center, the…
Through their social media platforms, the Montgomery Biscuits announced their cooperation with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the City of Montgomery. Part of this cooperation is a permanent museum exhibit coming to Riverwalk Stadium. Of course we all know what a pivotal role Montgomery played in the Civil RIghts Movement as it was here…
According to several local news outlets, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the City of Ontario have agreed on a new ballpark and sports complex that will be home to the Dodgers’ low A affiliate that is currently playing in Rancho Cucamonga. The city of Ontario has acquired 200 acres of land for the development of…
A week and a half ago, I was in Las Vegas during my US vacation. I had promised a friend, I would get him an aviators cap, so I headed to Las Vegas Ballpark in Summerlin. Unfortunately, I was not allowed to enter the ballpark, so I could only make some photos from the outside,…
By now it is old news that the Seattle Mariners will pull their single A team, the Modesto Nuts out of Modesto, after the 2024 season. It is not clear yet where the team will go to, but it is clear that the owners of the Mariners are too greedy to pay for the wanted…
The Single-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, the Carolina Mudcats have signed a memorandum of understanding with the city of Wilson, NC. Nothing is engraved in stone yet but with MLB’s demand of upgrading the Mudcats’facility in Zebulon, this step may be a serious one. Since 1991, the Mudcats have been playing in Five County…
On its website, the Larry H. Miller Company, owner of the Salt Lake Bees, announced the Salt Lake Bees will move into a new stadium in 2025. That new ballpark will be constructed in the Salt Lake City area, in Daybreak, a master-planned community in South Jordan, Utah, to be exact. Unlike many other Minor…
In today’s episode of “Ballparks Around The World,” we pay attention to PK Park in Eugene, Oregon, home of the NCAA’s (Pac-12 Conference) Oregon Ducks and MiLB’s Eugene Emeralds. After three decades of being nothing more than a club sport, the baseball program at the University of Oregon was revived in 2009. A club sport…
Two years ago, Matt Burns and his son visited all Major League and Minor League ballparks in their home state California. The planing was to visit sixteen ballparks in eighteen days in the Carolinas in 2020 but the corona virus threw a spanner in the works. But now, Matt and his dad are making up…
In today’s episode of “Ballparks Around The World,” we pay attention to a brand new ballpark. It is even so brand new that it hasn’t opened its doors yet. We are talking about ABC Supply Stadium, (near) future home of the Beloit Snappers. It can easily be said that ABC Supply Stadium saved baseball for…
