MIKE IVEY | The Capital Times | mivey@madison.com Team owner Steve Schmitt has turned the Madison Mallard into one of the most successful minor league franchises in the nation, with an average attendance of 6,200 fans per game last season at refurbished Warner Park. Schmitt is pictured here behind home [...]

Madison, WI – Justin Parr, a member of the 2010 and 2011 Mallards, recently concluded one of the most successful regular seasons in the 133-year history of the University of Illinois and was named a semifinalist for the 2013 Dick Howser Trophy, which is given to the top player in collegiate baseball. Parr’s 2013 regular season [...]

Grafton, WI – May 15, 2013,  The Lakeshore Chinooks announced today that television personality, Tiffany Ogle will be their on-field host during the upcoming  Northwoods League Season which begins with a road game on May 29th followed by the Home Opener on Thursday, May 30 at Kapco Park on the campus of Concordia.  Ogle [...]

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – May 14, 2013 – The Eau Claire Express organization knows that most baseball players, and fans, are superstitious. Due to this act that goes back centuries, the Express have created a special package that you just can’t beat. Here is how it works: If a fan purchases our new ‘Superstition Sunday’ ticket [...]

Frogville, Wis. – The Bullfrogs and 107.1 WOCO are excited to announce that all 70 games for the 2013 season will be broadcast live on the radio. All games will also be streamed live via the Internet on www.greenbaybullfrogs.com. WOCO, based out of Oconto, Wis., will air the first over-the-air broadcasts for the Bullfrogs [...]

Waterloo, IA – The Waterloo Bucks, members of the Northwoods League, have announced that 1330 ESPN (KWLO-AM) and the Bucks have reached an agreement to broadcast all 70 regular season games in 2013. In addition to the game broadcasts, 1330 ESPN will broadcast live from the Bucks’ annual pre-season Media Day, 5:00-6:00 pm on [...]

By JOEL BADZINSKI / jbadzinski@lacrossetribune.com La Crosse Tribune Troy Traxler is facing a huge challenge in his first season on the University of Minnesota baseball team. It’s not learning to hit nasty sliders, block pitches in the dirt or call games. The most difficult thing for Traxler has been not playing at all. The [...]