Exclusive: RiverDogs Plan Wacky NBA Draft Promotion

By Paul Lukas, on April 12th, 2019%

The NBA draft will take place on June 20. Sixty days prior to that date is April 21. And that gave the Charleston RiverDogs an idea.

Tomorrow night the RiverDogs — the Yankees’ Single-A affiliate — will hold NBA Draft Night. The team will wear themed uniforms for the occasion, which I’ll get to . . . → Read More: Exclusive: RiverDogs Plan Wacky NBA Draft Promotion

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Cup of Plenty: MiLB Drops a Whopping 72 Hispanic Unis

By Paul Lukas, on March 19th, 2019%

Let’s put it this way: If you don’t like it when teams simply call themselves Los Mets or El Heat for their Hispanic-outreach promotions, you’re going to love minor league baseball this year.

MiLB rolled out its Copa de la Diversión (Fun Cup) program yesterday, with participating teams getting Hispanic-themed makeovers for a handful . . . → Read More: Cup of Plenty: MiLB Drops a Whopping 72 Hispanic Unis

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A Look At Some Quirky Baseball Stadia

By Phil Hecken, on December 16th, 2018%

By Phil Hecken, with Ron Bolton Follow @PhilHecken !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,”script”,”twitter-wjs”);

It’s been a while since I collaborated with my buddy Ron Bolton (seen here with me at a Mets game this past summer), who you guys probably know more famously for his twitter handle, @OTBaseballPhoto. Our most recent undertaking occurred over the summer, when . . . → Read More: A Look At Some Quirky Baseball Stadia

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Remembering the Charlotte O's

By Phil Hecken, on October 20th, 2018%

By Phil Hecken, with Dan Tarrant Follow @PhilHecken !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=”//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js”;fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,”script”,”twitter-wjs”);

Today we have a special article by reader Dan Tarrant, who had originally proposed this to me a little over a year ago, and we had hoped to run it during Paul’s annual August recess. Due to time and space limitations then, I’m . . . → Read More: Remembering the Charlotte O’s

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