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

We have some new details and conceptual renderings about a new Richmond Flying Squirrels ballpark, as the Double-A Eastern League team moves forward with a schematic site design submitted to the city. To say it’s been a long journey to this point, which is still early in the design process, is an understatement; it seems […] The post More details emerge on new Richmond Flying Squirrels ballpark first appeared on Ballpark Digest ..read more

While the concept isn’t new, we’re seeing community benefits agreements pop up in discussions of new and existing MLB ballpark funding discussions. Here’s a look at what’s involved. The concept behind community benefits agreements is a pretty simple one: if there is public participation in the funding or financing of large projects–not just sports facilities–there […] The post Community benefits agreements and the new ballpark math first appeared on Ballpark Digest ..read more

It’s still one of the best promos in Minor League Baseball, and this year sees Ozempig crowned as the first-half 2024 St. Paul Saints (Triple-A; International League) ballpig, beating out the likes of Sloppenheimer and Malibu Lardie. Ozempig is the latest in the long line of Saints porcine ball carriers. Many of the names play […] The post Meet your 2024 Saints ballpig: Ozempig first appeared on Ballpark Digest ..read more