HAGERSTOWN — From the corner of West Baltimore Street and Summit Avenue, you can see the future of baseball in the Hub City There aren’t any home runs flying yet. But next Spring, the cranes and construction workers will be…
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Baseball stadium aims to revitalize city center
HAGERSTOWN – The new ballpark under construction here is the latest effort to bring baseball back to a town that has a rich history tied to the game. But the project is also an attempt to revitalize a city core…
Neighbors remain skeptical of ballpark in their backyard
HAGERSTOWN — Hagerstown city officials and business owners are excited about the new minor league ballpark that’s under construction, but not all of its neighbors are cheering about it. Residents near the $70 million project – which leaders hope will…
For Black community, ties to city’s baseball traditions are complicated
HAGERSTOWN — Alesia Parson-McBean remembers the second time Willie Mays visited her hometown. Regarded as one of the greatest baseball players who ever lived, Mays returned in 2004 to Hagerstown, Maryland, the site of his minor league debut. During Mays’…
Could new baseball team bring Little League spirit back to Hagerstown?
HAGERSTOWN — Hagerstown has an argument for calling itself one of the premier Little League towns in America. It sent teams to the Little League World Series in 1950, 1968, and 2008, each one bringing together the small Western Maryland…
Big dreams for small-town baseball: Owners of new team have deep roots in Hagerstown
HAGERSTOWN — The ownership group of the new baseball team in Hagerstown aren’t baseball people. But they are Hagerstown people, and history has shown that local ownership can lead to sustained success for a minor league ball club. Howard “Blackie”…
Atlantic League founder brings Hagerstown into his baseball ‘Petri dish’
From a small stake in a minor league baseball team to founder and chief executive of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, Frank Boulton is now bringing a new team to Hagerstown, Maryland.
Inside the numbers: What changed the last time Maryland built a minor-league ballpark
Regency Furniture Stadium, a $28 million ballpark paid for largely with taxpayer dollars, opened in 2008 in Waldorf, Maryland. Ever since, it has been the home of the Southern Maryland Blue Claws of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Supporters…
University of Maryland, PointsBet part company in wake of betting controversies
The partnership allowed PointsBet to advertise on UMD’s campus, in its arenas, and across sports radio broadcast airwaves.
New investigation shows few campuses have rules restricting sports betting
Amid aggressive sports gambling expansion and abundant advertising on college campuses, betting bans are rare.
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