We have some upcoming book titles to announce, including a full-length biography of the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers’ Jim Gilliam and the impending release of our 2025 spring-training guides. We’re very excited to announce Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger for a late 2024/early 2025 release. The exhaustively researched full-length biography from Stephen W. Dittmore covers the […] The post Introducing Jim Gilliam: The Forgotten Dodger first appeared on Ballpark Digest ..read more

This plan has been in the works since 2016, and now it’s finally coming to fruition, as Georgia State University is moving forward with a new college ballpark on the footprint of the former Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. Atlanta Stadium propelled Atlanta as a major-league city, serving as home to the Atlanta Braves and the NFL’s […] The post New ballpark planned for Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium site first appeared on Ballpark Digest ..read more

Our noses have been buried in our next three book projects; hence the lack of postings. Here’s some updates from the last month, beginning with the sad news that Winter Haven’s Chain of Lakes Park, former spring-training home of the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians, has been torn down–but baseball will still be played […] The post RIP, Chain of Lakes Park first appeared on Ballpark Digest ..read more

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. The June 20 match will feature the San Francisco Giants and St. Louis Cardinals in the first-ever MLB game […] The post Rickwood Field MLB ticket information released first appeared on Ballpark Digest ..read more

Facing issues regarding new-ballpark financing, the Bristol State Liners (summer collegiate; Appalachian League) are leaving Boyce Cox Field for the 2024 season and will play a hybrid schedule out of Greeneville’s Pioneer Park. The State Liners management had worked out a deal for a new ballpark at an expanded Whitetop Creek baseball field, on the […] The post Bristol State Liners make temporary move to Greeneville first appeared on Ballpark Digest ..read more

Some good news to pass along on Jackie Robinson Day: Daytona’s Jackie Robinson Ballpark, a key site as Robinson prepared for his groundbreaking MLB debut, is being nominated as a National Historic Landmark. Jackie Robinson Ballpark is currently home to the Daytona Tortugas (Single-A; Florida State League) and Bethune-Cookman University baseball. Before making his April […] The post Jackie Robinson Ballpark up for national recognition first appeared on Ballpark Digest ..read more

After unfruitful negotiations with Oakland over the continued use of the Coliseum, the Oakland Athletics today announced the team will be playing in 2025-2027 at Sacramento’s Sutter Health Park, with a move to Las Vegas planned for 2028. The A’s had explored a number of MiLB ballparks for play in 2025-2027–Sacramento, a new Salt Lake […] The post Oakland Athletics to Sacramento for 2025-2027 first appeared on Ballpark Digest ..read more

Larry Lucchino, a pioneer in the art of ballpark design after overseeing the development of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Petco Park, Fenway Park modernizations and Polar Park, passed away yesterday. He was 78. Larry Lucchino served as president of the Baltimore Orioles from 1988 through 1993, where he put together the team that created […] The post In memoriam: Larry Lucchino first appeared on Ballpark Digest ..read more

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. Coverage of the business of baseball, especially on the Minor League side, will wind down. Between the entrance of private equity and the homogenization of […] The post All good things: Time to bid farewell first appeared on Ballpark Digest ..read more

As we approach the 2024 MLB season, we’re taking a different approach to our ballpark coverage. We begin with American League East ballparks, as Natty Boh returns to Oriole Park, Fenway Park adds Irish nachos, the Yankees add a slew of offerings from celebrity chefs, and Tropicana Field sees a revamped turf field. Oriole Park […] The post Prepping for 2024: American League East ballparks first appeared on Ballpark Digest ..read more