Al Lang Field, Tampa Bay
Rays
St.
Pete's Al Lang Field has been in the news a lot
lately, but for the wrong reasons: the Tampa Bay
Rays will train there one last time in 2008 before
shifting spring operations to Charlotte County in
2009, and the old ballpark is slated to be torn
down to make way for a new waterfront home of the
Rays. Now, Al Lang Field isn't the same venue it
was in the 1940s and 1950s when it was a landmark
in spring training, but it's still a great place
to catch a spring-training game. We hope the Rays
catch the spirit of the original Al Lang in their
designs for a new ballpark, For the rest of us, a
trip to Al Lang Field will be a mandatory event in
Spring Training 2008.
Trustmark Park, Mississippi
Braves
There's
nothing wrong with Trustmark Park, the home of the
Mississippi Braves (Class AA; Southern League).
The wraparound concourse, luxury
boxes, big scoreboard and varied concessions are
all standard issue for a new minor-league ballpark
these days. So why aren't we more excited about
the two-year-old ballpark? Because there's nothing
unique about it: except for a few Southern menu
items at the concessions, there's nothing to link
the ballpark to its surroundings. At a Mississippi
Braves game, you could be watching a game anywhere
-- and going local is one of the great joys of the
minor leagues. Dustin Mattison reports.
Alliance Bank Stadium,
Syracuse Chiefs
The
biggest news at Alliance Bank Stadium, the home of
the Syracuse Chiefs (Class AAA; International
League): the current artificial turf will be
replaced by real grass. That's good news for
Syracuse baseball fans in terms of aesthetics, as
well as players who need to field on an old,
sometimes unpredictable surface. Otherwise,
Alliance Bank Stadium is a perfectly serviceable
ballpark: the Chiefs front office does things the
old-fashioned way (i.e., not much in terms of
between-innings shenanigans), but the ballpark is
a comfortable place to watch a game, and the food
is pretty good. Steve Kapsinow reports.
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Ballpark Visit: Melaleuca
Field /
Idaho Falls Chukars
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(discuss) At
a time when it seems the minimum cost for a new
pro-level ballpark is $12 million, the Idaho Falls
Chukars (rookie; Pioneer League) have accomplished
the seemingly impossible: open an impressive new
ballpark for $5.6 million without cutting corners
or scaling back expectations. In a world where
minor-league facilities are now starting to look
the same in terms of wraparound concourses and
oversized picnic areas, Melaleuca Field occupies a
great niche: a cozy neighborhood facility hosting
rookie-level baseball.
Dave Wright: Bringing
baseball back to Green Bay
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Jeff
Royle sounded in a hurry. "We start a homestand
tomorrow. We're up to our butts in alligators
today," he said breathlessly when a reporter
asking for a short interview. "Can we talk this
afternoon?" The majority owner and president of
the first-year Green Bay Bullfrogs (summer
collegiate; Northwoods League) is a busy guy these
days. When you are trying to make your team the
talk of the town -- and the town includes such
part-time residents as Brett Favre -- you have to
stay in constant motion to get noticed. Senior
editor Dave Wright talks with Royle about the
challenges he faces bringing baseball back to a
football-crazy market.
Today's video:
Green Bay Bullfrogs promo
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Speaking of the Green Bay Bullfrogs (summer
collegiate; Northwoods League): here's a humorous
promotion spot for the team's inaugural season
done in conjunction with a local television
station.
You can read the
interview with owner Jeff Royle (see the previous
item) and then see him in action. We've been really
pleased with the response to our call for videos:
we've already heard from several teams and
vendors, so we'll continue bringing them to you.
If you want to share your videos with the baseball
community, drop us a line at
editors@augustpublications.com.
Owlz owner,
UVSC bicker over park name
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More
on the debate between the ownership of the Orem
Owlz (rookie; Pioneer League) and Utah Valley
State College over the naming of the team's home.
UVSC sold naming rights to Brent Brown Ballpark,
but the team says the ballpark's is still "Home of
the Owlz." The school believed it had an
all-encompassing title sponsor that the Owlz would
contractually honor. But the Owlz ownership says
no. The Owlz also submitted notice last weekend to
all media outlets in the area -- radio,
television, newspapers -- that if they don't
comply with the team's terms, they will be
forbidden access to the team. One reason given by
owner Jeff Katofsky: the name could run afoul of
MiLB rules. But MiLB media relations spokesman Jim
Ferguson, speaking on behalf of the company's
legal counsel, said he's not aware why at this
point the Owlz would refuse to use the ballpark's
proper name. RELATED STORIES:
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Ballpark a prop
for reality TV
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The
hard-hitting smack at home plate and the
sun-blinding catch in the outfield wowed the crowd
Tuesday as much as its pre-game performers. Before
the game, fans cheered when four scantily-clad
twentysomethings introduced as girlicious took the
field at Arrowhead Credit Union Park, the home of
the Inland Empire 66ers (High Class A; California
League), belting out the national anthem. Ladies
who made the cut to be on the second season of the
CW network's reality show "The Pussycat Dolls
Present" strutted their stuff and got their 15
minutes of fame, maybe more like five minutes, to
sing "The Star-Spangled Banner."
More on 66ers GM Loren Foxx.
Lookouts to
celebrate two-millionth fan
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The
Chattanooga Lookouts (Class AA; Southern League)
open a four-game home stand against the Carolina
Mudcats this Saturday and expect to welcome the
two-millionth fan through the turnstiles of AT&T
Field by the end of the series. Going into
Saturday's game, 1,992,002 fans have attended
professional baseball games at AT&T Field since it
opened as BellSouth Park on April 1, 2000. The two
millionth fan will receive a congratulatory gift
package that includes a 37'' flat-screen
television, a recliner from Kinder's Furniture
Mall, a $1,000 gift certificate from Bennett's
Salvage and Wholesale, and four (4) box seat
season tickets for the Lookouts' 2008 season.
President and General Manager Frank Burke plans to
be a part of the milestone celebration by greeting
the winner when s/he goes through the turnstile at
AT&T Field.
Protest of
Pirates getting noticed
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Andy
Chomos stood in a green dress shirt at the foot of
the Roberto Clemente statue in front of
PNC Park on
Tuesday afternoon sounded like one very frustrated
Pittsburgh Pirates' fan. Chomos is one of three
western Pennsylvania men who have formed Fans For
Change, a group that plans a protest Saturday
night at PNC Park before the Pirates host the
Washington Nationals. Chomos, who said he has
received over 8,000 e-mails from fans backing the
protest, is asking all fans to wear green
(signifying the dollars fans spend to attend
games) to Saturday's game. He is also hoping all
fans will walk out of the seating area at the
start of the third inning and into the concourse
then return to their seats at the start of the
fourth. Sources close to the situation say the
Pirates have instructed Fox Sports Net Pittsburgh
not to mention or show anything about the protest
during the telecast of Saturday's game. The
Pirates also removed all references to the protest
on the fan message board on the club's official
website Monday.
'It's a croc'
to say Gator gig is easy
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Darren
Garnick tells about his brief experience wearing
the Canaligator (named for the city’s majestic
Venetian waterways) costume as a Lowell Spinners
(short season; NY-Penn League) mascot. Wearing a
heavy, hot mascot suit at a ballgame and
interacting with fans is extremely hard work, and
this article gives all the reasons why mascots are
underpaid.
VBL takes over
struggling Haymarket
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Because
of the Haymarket Senators' financial woes, the
summer-collegiate Valley Baseball League decided
Tuesday to take complete command of the team
through Sunday, allowing current owner/general
manager Mark Keagle time to fix the franchise’s
problems or sell it to another ownership group.
"The league is actually taking over on a
short-term basis," said VBL President Dave Biery.
"[The point of the move] is to give [Keagle] some
short-term relief and give him an opportunity to
negotiate or get new ownership involved." In
practical terms, that means Biery, VBL executive
vice president Todd Thompson and a few volunteers
will control the Senators for the next six games.
All financial decisions will go through the
league, and it will handle all game-day
operations, meaning everything from selling
tickets to providing concessions to keeping score.
Chasing the
Cubs
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Back
in January
we noted there was one leading contender to land
the Chicago Cubs: Madison Dearborn Partners,
led by John Canning Jr.,
a onetime college catcher and avid baseball man
who has said he would like to own a major league
team. Canning already is an investor in several
minor-league teams --
he has interests in the Norfolk Tides (Class AAA;
International League) and the Albuquerque Isotopes
(Class AAA: Pacific Coast League), among others
-- and has a minority interest in the Milwaukee
Brewers. Fortune is reporting that Canning is Bud
Selig's choice to buy the Cubs once Sam Zell has
control of the Tribune Company. Not a surprise:
Bud likes a certain comfort level with whom he
does business, and Canning is a known entity
thanks to his involvement with the Brewers. Bud
won't have final sale over a buyer -- as a
publicly traded firm, the Tribune Company will
need to get the most it can for the team, and that
could lead to a bidding war -- but you can't
underestimate Selig's influence in the process.
Baseball team
sued over food vendor disputes
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A
concessionaire is suing the Schaumburg Flyers
(independent; Northern League) for the alleged
nonpayment of about $270,000, as well as purported
efforts to sever its service contract at Alexian
Field. Aramark Sports and Entertainment Services
has filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court
against Schaumburg Professional Baseball LLC, the
company that operates the team. The lawsuit
alleges not only that the Flyers owe Aramark
money, but that team officials and representatives
have sought to keep the vendor from fulfilling its
contract, which expires Sept. 30, 2015.
Here's a much more detailed account of the lawsuit
and the accusations of harassment from the Chicago
Tribune.
Major boom for
minor-league ball
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With
six teams from Rockford to Gary already slugging
it out for first place in the hearts of fans in
the Chicago area -- and two more teams elsewhere
in Illinois -- two proposals to bring new
ballparks to the Chicago suburbs would add five
new minor-league clubs to the mix. Organizers say
there is enough interest to justify the expansion,
but many in baseball wonder if the expansion isn't
based on overly optimistic financial projections.
One plan would bring a new independent Frontier
League team -- and a $26 million sports complex --
to the McHenry County College campus in Crystal
Lake. The college would build the complex and pay
for it in part through a 20-year lease with the
baseball team, according to developer Mark Houser,
one of the partners in the effort. Another
proposal would start a four-team league in tiny
Harvard, in the northwest corner of McHenry
County. Discussion of that project just began. But
if approved, it will create a privately funded $3
million ballpark by 2009 with seating for 6,000
fans in a village of about 9,000 residents.
More from the Northwest Herald. RELATED STORIES:
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Plans for minor league team 'moving in right
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Meet the Mets'
new home!
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Beyond
the bleachers at
Shea Stadium, construction crews have spent
months drilling and hammering away at the Mets'
new ballpark -- and here's a look at what they've
accomplished so far. Queens' next field of dreams,
Citi Field,
isn't set to open until the 2009 season, but it's
taking shape faster than a Jose Reyes' run around
the bases. Metal girders are forming decks of
seats where the next generation of Mets faithful
can wear their orange and blue with pride. And the
Jackie Robinson Rotunda, where fans will enter the
state-of-the-art ballpark, has risen as a tribute
to the man who broke baseball's color barrier in
1947. Here's a
look at the new ballpark, with renderings and
recent construction shots.
Revitalization
destination: Gary
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Nestled
at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Pennsylvania
Street in a rundown area of downtown Gary, just a
home run south of the Toll Road, U.S. Steel Yard
is an oasis of chalk-lined green grass, a
picturesque and amenity-filled ballpark that is
one of the few things bringing people into town at
a time so many are leaving. Things seem to be
settling down for the Gary-SouthShore RailCats
(independent; Northern League) after a tumultuous
offseason; Bill Terlecky is now VP/GM, but the
issue remains whether Gary residents will embrace
baseball.
Yankees sign
sponsorship agreement with China's Yili Group
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The
New York Yankees signed Yili Group Holding Co.,
China's biggest dairy products company, to a
sponsorship agreement, the first between a Major
League Baseball team and a Chinese company. Yili
will have advertisements at Yankee Stadium and in
the game programs, the team said in a news
release. Financial terms of the sponsorship
weren't disclosed. The Yankees last week became
the first major-league team to sign Chinese
players: left-handed pitcher Kai Liu and catcher
Zhenwang Zhang, both 19. The Yankees sent four
executives to the country in January to complete a
partnership with the Chinese Baseball Association.
Major League Baseball is trying to expand the
sport in China, the world's most populous nation,
and may stage games there next year. One wonders
how good an idea this really is: New Yorkers are
famously chauvinistic about all things New York,
and there's really no reason for the Yankees fan
base to care about ice cream made in China.
Consumers are increasingly on the lookout for the
local and the authentic, and the Yankees, it
seems, run the risk of diluting their brand with a
move to being an international player.
Last-chance
league
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Here's
an AP piece on the independent South Coast League,
opening this season with some definite successes:
the Macon Music is averaging 2,295 fans a game,
with Charlotte County and South Georgia averaging
over 1,350 a game. The one blight has been the
performance of the Bradenton Juice; league
officials moved 15 games from the team's home at
Manatee Community College because of "scheduling
conflicts."
Is it time to
dig up dirt at Wrigley?
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While
the Chicago Cubs' plan to resurface
Wrigley Field has
been put on hold indefinitely, bench coach and
former shortstop Alan Trammell said it's an issue
that must be addressed in the near future. "They
do [have to resurface] for the fact that the field
crowns so much somewhere around third base,"
Trammell said. "I know that coming in here, I
talked to (third-base coach) Mike Quade about the
fact that you have to be careful making the turn
around third."People don't realize [it's sloped]
because when you're looking at the field, you're
looking at the ivy, the scoreboard, the
grandstands, and it's beautiful. But the field
itself, as far as that goes, needs to be worked
on."
New Hawks
owners plan ballpark upgrades
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Memorial
Stadium will receive a makeover in time for the
2008 season, but the owners of the Boise Hawks
(short season; Northwest League) are exploring the
feasibility of building a new 3,500- to 4,500-seat
ballpark in the future. The team has plans to
install from 76 to 80 seats behind home plate
prior to next year's home opener, barring
unexpected hang-ups. The Diamond Club project will
add approximately 20 boxes of four seatseach that
will increase Memorial Stadium's seating capacity
to around 3,432. The $60,000 to $100,000 cost of
the project will come from outside sales. Hawks GM
Todd Rahr said the project will help fund possible
future ballpark enhancements such as a brick
facade, a sun screen over the first-base line
bleachers, a video scoreboard and a 6,000- to
7,000-square-foot building down the left- field
line that could be used year-round for events
other than baseball. Still, this is all a prelude
toward a new ballpark: the team's new owners say
they've been talking with local communities about
a ballpark. Memorial Stadium isn't technically in
Boise -- it's in Garden City -- and moving the
team to a downtown ballpark sure would be a nice
addition to an already vibrant area. We were at
Saturday night's game at Memorial Stadium and
found the visit to Boise to be a delightful
experience; a full account will appear later this
week.
Ballpark
upgrade may be twin bill
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The
price is likely to rise once again for plans to rebuild Recreation Park, the
home of the Visalia Oaks (High Class A; California League). Renovation of the
61-year-old ballpark was approved by the Visalia City Council in April at an
estimated cost of $11.6 million. But that price, and the council's approval, was
based on doing the work in one fell swoop during the 2007-08 offseason, saving a
projected $1.8 million from spreading the project out in phases over two
seasons. Last week, as City Council members approved spending $1.2 million for
an architect, engineer and construction manager, it was revealed the project is
being planned in two phases after all. The ambitious renovation program is
intended to bring the aging stadium up to standards required by Major League
Baseball for its minor-league affiliate teams. That includes demolishing and
rebuilding the grandstand berm and building new seating sections, VIP lounges,
team offices, new concessions and restrooms and other facilities along the
right-field line. Our John Moist recently took in a game at Recreation Park;
we'll post his report soon. RELATED STORIES:Ballpark
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more;
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enhancements
Today's video:
San Francisco Giants pregame video
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This video from Dimension X Design was done for
the San Francisco Giants and highlighted on the
team's new HD scoreboard. Dimension X Design works
with over 70 clients in all major sports to
provide in-game entertainment for teams on their
video boards as well as commercial production.
We've been really
pleased with the response to our call for videos:
we've already heard from several teams and
vendors, so we'll continue bringing them to you.
If you want to share your videos with the baseball
community, drop us a line at
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Drive awarded
2010 Sally League All-Star Game, Southern
Conference tourney
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End Field, the home of the Greenville Drive
(Low Class A; Sally League), will be home to two
major events in upcoming seasons: the 2010 Sally
League All-Star Game and the annual Southern
Conference tourney, beginning in 2009. The
Southern Conference tourney will be moving from
Charleston, S.C., where it has been held for the
past 16 years, to Greenville. School boosters and
baseball fans from the 11 SoCon colleges will come
to the Drive’s home field during the third week in
May to see their teams play.
Perfect! The
S.I. Yanks deliver
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If
word of mouth moves across Staten Island at its
usual rate, the new management team for the Staten
Island Yankees (short season; NY-Penn League) may
be able to take the rest of the summer off. The
highly anticipated season home opener took place
last night at the Richmond County Bank Ballpark in
St. George, and 7,171 fans were treated to a
picture-perfect venue that ran like clockwork and
had as much hometown atmosphere as a backyard
cookout.
No tickets --
or love of baseball -- required
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Most
Friday nights when the New Hampshire Fisher Cats
(Class AA; Eastern League) play baseball at home,
two lawyers and their spouses head to the Hilton
Garden Inn for dinner and drinks on the patio.
Then they walk next door to the ballpark to watch
the Fisher Cats from their seats directly behind
the visitors dugout. Baseball is a big hit on the
patio overlooking Merchantsauto.com Stadium along
the Merrimack River. The New Hampshire Fisher Cats
call the stadium home for 71 games from April
through September, and the 142-seat patio is the
last spot for food or drink before hitting the
ballpark.
Stadium
District pays off Chase Field debt 19 years early
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The
Maricopa County Stadium District will pay the
remaining balance on its portion of
Chase Field, the home
of the Arizona Diamondbacks. erasing the final
debt for the ballpark. The Maricopa County Board
of Supervisors approved the final payment of $15
million, including more than $9 million in
interest. The final payment was not expected for
19 years. By taking care of the payment early, the
county saved taxpayers more than $9.5 million in
additional interest.
Official:
Ballpark fire was set on purpose
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A
fire that damaged Old Orchard Beach's abandoned
baseball park, the former home of the Maine Guides
(Class AAA; International League), was set on
purpose, an official said. Firefighters were
called at about 5:30 p.m. Thursday to The
Ballpark, where the skyboxes at the top of the
stadium was engulfed in flames, said Deputy Fire
Chief Normand Gagnon. Firefighters were at the
scene for about two hours. The town-owned ballpark
was built in the early 1980s and was the home to
minor league baseball teams for several years. It
later became a venue for musical concerts, but it
hasn't been used in many years.
Few Expos
memories left in Montreal
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There's
little evidence of the Montreal Expos at
Olympic
Stadium; in fact, the only place where
the retired numbers of the team are noted is at
Bell Centre, the home of the Montreal Canadiens
(NHL). The Washington Nationals don't seem to
honor the franchise's records -- the three retired
Expos numbers are back in use, which means the
team is ignoring honors bestowed to the likes of
Rusty Staub and Gary Carter -- which is a shame:
at times Montreal was one of the most interesting
and unique franchises in the majors.
In memoriam:
Rod Beck
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Rod
Beck, one of the more colorful characters in baseball history, was found dead
Saturday in Scottsdale, Ariz., and police are investigating the cause. Life went
fast for Beck shortly after his 13-year career ended during the 2004 season.
Beck, who posted 286 saves for four major-league teams, is survived by two
daughters and a lifetime worth of former teammates, writers and memories. He
drove an 1980s-style van during his early playing days in San Francisco but
gained even more fame with a motor home that he parked next to
Sec Taylor Stadium during his brief stint
with the Iowa Cubs (Class AAA; Pacific Coast League) while making a comeback in
2003 after undergoing reconstructive surgery on his right elbow.
Can Orioles
thrive under MacPhail?
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Hiring
Andy MacPhail to run the Baltimore Orioles was a gutsy move for owner Peter
Angelos; the hiring sends a signal that Angelos is ready to turn over management
to pros and withdraw from the proceedings. Perhaps; we're not sure Angelos'
personality will let him withdraw completely, but he does appear to be slowing
down a little (we've had the chance to observe his actions in a non-baseball
context recently). MacPhail will have something to prove: while he'll likely be
able to fill Oriole Park as he once filled
Wrigley Field, he's not had the magic touch
when it comes to success on the field.
Minor league
teams swing for profits in N.J.
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This
article purports to look at the business side of
baseball in the Garden State, but curiously limits
things to the independent Can-Am Association and
Atlantic League. Here's the short version of the
article: there's no coverage of affiliated teams;
the Newark Bears, Sussex Skyhawks and New Jersey
Jackals all lose money; the Somerset Patriots make
money.
Ballpark Notes
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The
Richmond Braves (Class AAA; International
League) surpassed the 10-million-fan milestone at
The Diamond Saturday night. The Braves needed
6,747 fans to reach the 10 million mark prior to
Saturday’s contest against Durham; 7,559 fans, the
third-largest crowd this season, turned out to
celebrate the achievement and a 5-4 Braves win.
Only seven other Triple-A clubs have hosted ten
million fans in their current parks. Braves
officials closely monitored the gates as the
target drew near. The Braves identified Sherrilyn
Midget of Midlothian as the lucky fan. Braves
staff surprised Midget and her family at the end
of the third inning with an array of celebratory
prizes.
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