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Archives
Looking up links to articles on our home page "blog"
I know how it is. Sometimes when you're really into ballparks, you want to do some research on recent ballpark news. Since the home page of BASEBALLPARKS.COM acts as a blog of sorts to lead you to articles on all of the ballpark news of importance, it's a great place to check first. However, there's so much breaking news about baseball stadiums happening all the time that we change the content in those "feature boxes" very often -- sometimes multiple times in a day.
So what do you do when you want to read about a topic that has been "rotated off" the home page? Well, now you can check this Archives page to see what topics have been touched upon on our home page. Of course, there is absolutely no guarantee that the links will still get you to the right article by the time you check out an older home page, but at least our blurb will probably give you enough info so that you can research the topic further on Google News or the like. And, of course, you can always search the entire BASEBALLPARKS.COM site through our Site Search function.
I update this archive every week or two. If you're doing research for a newspaper or magazine article, and you don't find what you're looking for here, feel free to call me at 512-826-0853.
Below are our summaries from 2012. If you're looking for items from last year, we've saved all of the summaries from 2011 on a special page. The links actually do take you to a representations of our home page from that week, complete with links to outside articles. Just keep in mind that the source material might not still be on those page. The summaries from 2010 are here, 2009 is here, 2008 is here and 2007 here. Note that the summaries for 2007 through 2010 no longer have live links.
- January 16, 2012 -- The visitor counts at Baseballparks.com continue to be extremely strong, as we finished 2011 up 15.2% from 2010; the Cubs are making significant changes to the bleacher area in right field; Commissioner Selig claims that progress on a new park is "really on the front burner;" the Giants and local activists are likely to oppose a new stadium in San Jose; the Winter Classic really did a number on the grass at Citizens Bank Park; congestion should be eased by the expansion of the plaza just outside Target Field; the Padres are giving up on a new park in Escondido for their Triple-A team.
- February 5, 2012 -- Wirgley Field's RF bleachers will be undergoing changes, with a 70-foot-wide video board and patio for fans; Milwaukie, OR is moving closer to constructing a new ballpark; The Blue Jays are looking for a "supergrass" to replace their artificial turf; there are new solar panels at Kauffman Stadium; there's a broken axel on one of the roof panels at Safeco Field; the City of Cleveland will soon invest $5 million in renovating ancient League Park; Yankee Stadium will host a rock concert this summer.
