Get Your Tickets — Multiple Leagues Good for Midwestern Fans
What is a baseball fan to do with tickets being sold for only 20 to 30 percent of the seats in most Major League stadiums for the start of the 2021 season? If you are patient, these ticket percentages are almost certain to rise as the pandemic recedes during the late spring and summer. For […]
Single Time Zone but Varying Weather for American Association Teams
The 12-team American Association of Professional Baseball (AAPB) on-field talent consists of former major league and former minor league players and undrafted college players. As the map below shows, the six Northern Division teams include three in the Chicagoland metroplex, Milwaukee, Fargo, and Winnipeg. The Southern division teams include four members along the I-29 corridor […]
Three Helps to Savor the Long Days — Northwoods League Weather
Recently, I’ve been taking you on a tour of minor leagues that play in the northern parts of the Nation, with an eye on the types of weather seen in April and May. I have demonstrated that AAA teams in the Northeast may well benefit from a delayed start to the baseball season while Pacific […]
Baseball Under Review – Where to Attend Games in 2021
In the pandemic season of 2020, it seemed that everything about the game was under review and subject to change – often on short notice. To get safely through the 2020 season changes were made to the length of games (7-inning doubleheaders), the number and timing of off days, and game sites. In 2021, we […]