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Start your wagons: Hickory unveils the Goat-Karts 

@BensBiz
October 22, 2024

During last month’s MiLB Awards Show on the MLB Network, the Jersey Diners won the “Best Alternate Identity” award. This alter-ego of the Somerset Patriots triumphed over the Great Lakes Pontooners, Spokane King Carl, Biloxi King Cakes, Wichita Chili Buns, Chattanooga Wreckers and Winston-Salem Hype Hens. Now it’s time to

Ben's Biz spends an evening with the Dash

Winston-Salem all about grandeur, good times and ... punctuation?!
@BensBiz
September 27, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. The following ballpark road trip recap is presented by Wyndham, proud sponsor of Minor League

This Appy League team has fans in stitches

Burlington Sock Puppets are putting on a show and it's a hit
@BensBiz
September 20, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. The following ballpark road trip recap is presented by Wyndham, proud sponsor of Minor League

Never seen a baseball game in Danville, VA? You otter

Ben's Biz spends an evening with the Danville Otterbots
@BensBiz
September 13, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. The following ballpark road trip recap is presented by Wyndham, proud sponsor of Minor League

How the Durham Designated Eater drama of ‘24 went down

A tale of betrayal, pain, miscommunication and a good hamburger
@BensBiz
September 6, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. My 2024 ballpark travels (and travails) are over, but today I return to Durham Bulls

The best Minor League ballpark promotions happening in September

@BensBiz
August 30, 2024

Welcome to Promo Preview, a monthly roundup of Minor League Baseball promotions to look forward to. The season ends in September (dates vary, depending on the level of play), so don’t delay. Get out to the ballpark today and take advantage of theme nights and giveaways such as these:

Ben's Biz: An iconic evening with the Bulls

Ben explores the renowned Durham Bulls Athletic Park
@BensBiz
August 16, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. The following ballpark road trip recap is presented by Wyndham, proud sponsor of Minor League

Ben says farewell DEWD to Grainger Stadium

Rangers' Single-A affiliate moving to Spartanburg, S.C. in 2025
@BensBiz
August 9, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. The following ballpark road trip recap is presented by Wyndham, proud sponsor of Minor League

Weber is Mud Hens' man behind the mic

In his 44th season, Toledo native is an Ohio broadcasting icon
August 5, 2024

Triple-A Toledo announced the passing of Jim Weber -- the "Voice of the Mud Hens" for 49 years -- on Aug. 2, 2024. Over a period from April 12, 1975-Aug. 1, 2024, Weber called 6,935 consecutive Mud Hens games. This article was originally published on June 21, 2018.

Get au naturel with Ben in Northwest Arkansas

Taking in the sights and enjoying the views from Arvest Ballpark
@BensBiz
July 26, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. The following ballpark road trip recap is presented by Wyndham, proud sponsor of Minor League

Anything's possum-ble: Ben visits the Travelers

Exploring all Dickey-Stephens Park, a blast from the past and more
@BensBiz
July 19, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. The following ballpark road trip recap is presented by Wyndham, proud sponsor of Minor League

Ben's Biz: Dancing like a chicken in Memphis

Ben watches the Chicks at AutoZone Park with the Redbirds
@BensBiz
July 12, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. The following ballpark road trip recap is presented by Wyndham, proud sponsor of Minor League

The weirdest MiLB stats, plays from June

The bizarre and bombastic happenings from around the Minors
@BensBiz
July 11, 2024

Welcome to Crooked Numbers, a monthly column dedicated to Minor League Baseball on-field oddities and absurdities. The June edition features a doubles deluge, oppositional surnames, way too many walks and, of course, much more. Keeping track of this type of thing is a team effort, so get in touch if

Ben's Biz: An evening with the Trash Pandas

A propulsive experience from start to finish in Rocket City
@BensBiz
July 6, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. The following ballpark road trip recap is presented by Wyndham, proud sponsor of Minor League

Road trip: All roads lead Ben to Rome

Friends, Romans, Penguins -- an evening with the Emperors
@BensBiz
June 28, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. The following ballpark road trip recap is presented by Wyndham, proud sponsor of Minor League

The Fourth of July is poppin' off at the ballpark

Here's one Independence Day celebration from every farm system
@JoshJacksonMiLB and @BensBiz
June 25, 2024

Have you made plans for the Fourth yet? If not, we're here to help. If so, change 'em! There's no better way to celebrate America's Independence Day than taking in a baseball game amid your compatriots.

Ben's Biz: Stalwart Stockton supporters

A conversation with Stockton Ballpark mainstays Pat and Will
@BensBiz
June 14, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. Every ballpark has its regulars, and these regulars all have a story. Who are they,

Quartet of alternate identities joins MiLB landscape

Dodgers, White Sox and Phillies affiliates unveil their new looks
@BensBiz
June 7, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. Wednesday, May 29, turned out to be an unexpectedly above-average day for fans of Minor

Ben's Biz spends a day with the not-so-little Giants

San Francisco's Triple-A affiliate has been in Sacramento since 2014
@BensBiz
May 31, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. The following ballpark road trip recap is presented by Wyndham, proud sponsor of Minor League

San Jose's Lenn Sakata became a legend

He remains the winningest manager in California League history
@BensBiz
May 30, 2024

Lenn Sakata was born and raised in Honolulu and still calls Hawaii home. During the baseball season, however, you can sometimes find him at what he calls his "second house:" 82-year-old Excite Ballpark, home of the San Jose Giants. Sakata, one of the first players of Japanese descent to appear

Cortez is a rookie with the Nuts, but not in life

Longtime fan becomes marketing manager after full career
@BensBiz
May 29, 2024

Minor League Baseball is full of front office rookies, those who are working their debut season in the industry. Mary Cortez is one of them and, to get there, took a far more circuitous path than most. For three decades Cortez was on the road for six months a year,

Ben's Biz discovers The Force with the Ports

An evening at Stockton's Banner Island Ballpark on May 4
@BensBiz
May 24, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. The following ballpark road trip recap is presented by Wyndham, proud sponsor of Minor League

Ben's Biz gets crackin' with Modesto

Road to the Emerald City begins at the club's Single-A affiliate
@BensBiz
May 17, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. The following ballpark road trip recap is presented by Wyndham, proud sponsor of Minor League

Ben's Biz: An evening with the (little) Giants

San Francisco's prospects start their pro journeys in San Jose
@BensBiz
May 10, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. The following ballpark road trip recap is presented by Wyndham, proud sponsor of Minor League

M-Braves offer safe haven for Miss Rankin County

Anna Leah Jolly tosses Opening Night first pitch at Trustmark Park
@BensBiz
May 3, 2024

This is an excerpt from the latest edition of the Ben's Biz Beat Newsletter, bringing Minor League Baseball business and culture news to your inbox each and every Thursday. Check out the full newsletter HERE. For David Kerr, working in Minor League Baseball means keeping the following mantra in mind: