City Receives Grant, Improvements Coming to Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds Ballpark

Some $145,000 in improvements are on deck next spring at the ballpark at the Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds in Watertwon (NY), including a new sound system and bleachers and a series of improvements in the facility’s locker rooms. The roof above the locker rooms also will be repaired.  Read more here.

Perfect Game League Returns to Watertown

PRESS RELEASE – The Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League is proud to announce that summer collegiate baseball will be returning to the Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds in Watertown, New York. At the league’s Board of Directors meeting on Saturday, Oct. 29, the owners formally awarded a franchise to Michael Schell and Paul Velte.

Bucks Part Ways with Fledgling ECBL

Watertown Bucks owner Bruce Zicari has confirmed that his team, scheduled to start play Sunday, has “definitely” parted ways with the start-up East Coast Baseball League.  He is now leading an effort to create a new independent league, which would be comprised of four teams.  Read more here.

Start-Up ECBL Names Watertown Team, Unveils Logo

The newest franchise in the start-up East Coast Baseball League will be known as the Watertown Bucks.  The team will play at Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds in Watertown (NY).  Read more here.  Thanks to John Cerone for the heads up.

Cheeseburger Restaurateur Interested in Watertown (UPDATED)

Bruce Zicari, founder and CEO of a chain of family restaurants, Cheeseburger Cheeseburger based in Naples (FL) and located in 16 states, has expressed interest in bringing a team to Watertown (NY) as a member of the start-up East Coast Baseball League.  A franchise from the ECBL, PGCBL or NYCBL could replace the departed Watertown Rams at Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds.  Read more here.  UPDATE: Watertown picks ECBL.  Read more here.

Three Leagues Interested in Watertown Ballpark

Three baseball leagues have expressed interest in bringing a team to the city that would replace the summer collegiate Watertown Rams (Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League) at Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds, including the Perfect Game, New York Collegiate Baseball League, and start-up East Coast Baseball League.  Last month, the city severed ties with the Rams over several issues.  Read more here.

Rams Evicted From Watertown Ballpark

We’re not sure what has truly gone down in Watertown (NY), but the city has notified the summer collegiate Watertown Rams (Perfect Game League) that the team can no longer play at city-owned Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds, claiming players trashed the facility’s locker room and the team failed to pay its water bill.  Read more here.

Rams, Watertown Work on Lease

The potential drama in Watertown (NY) was all for not.  Only one team stepped up to play at Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds for the 2013 season, and it’s the same team that has been playing there for the past decade.  The summer collegiate Watertown Wizards (Perfect Game League), now known as the Watertown Rams, are negotiating with the city to extend their lease.  Interesting that one other potential

PGCBL’s Watertown Franchise Likely to Renew Lease, Team is Now ‘Ram Tough’

The summer collegiate Watertown Wizards (Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League) are apparently not in danger of being pushed out of Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds as the local paper implied this week.  The league is denying that another PGCBL franchise owner is gunning for the park, and there’s been no further noise about the potential suitor from Green Bay (WI).

Three-Way Battle for Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds? Oh, and Wizards Become Rams

We’re not exactly sure what is going on in Watertown (NY), but the owner or potential owner of second team from the summer collegiate Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League is jockeying to play at Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds where the circuit’s Watertown Wizards play.   It’s also being reported that a “minor league team owner from Green Bay” [could the newspaper be referring to

Wizards Still Owe $6K, But Is It Cause for Concern? (UPDATED VIA COMMENTS)

The new owners of the  summer collegiate Watertown Wizards (Perfect Game League) still owe the city about $6,000 from this past season for a third installment for renting Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds, signage revenues, and some electrical work.  Now, this would typically be a non-story, as the amount owed is pretty minor, but the city’s relationship with the team’s previous ownership

Watertown Council Finalizes New Alcohol Policy

The summer collegiate Watertown Wizards (Perfect Game League) should now have clarity on the sale of beer at Alex T. Duffy Fairgrwound, now that the city council has finalzied a new alohol policy for the ballpark.  As you might recall, the former owner of the Wizards was in a tiff with the city over beer sales, before finally deciding to sell off the team.  Read more here.

Wizards Appear Alive for 2012

It looks like the new owners of the summer collegiate Watertown Wizards (Perfect Game League) will have at least a one-year lease approved to use Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds with the opportunity to sell beer.  The city council informally agreed to the deal 0n Monday night, as the city works to finalize a new alcohol policy at the facility.

Questions About Beer Sales in Watertown

The Watertown (NY) City Council paid a consultant last night to advise them on complying with state liquor laws at Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds, home of the summer collegiate Watertown Wizards (Perfect Game League).

Wizards’ Season Saved, Opposing Coucilwoman Now ‘a Team Player’

Watertown (NY) Councilwoman Roxanne Burns changed her mind last night and voted with her colleagues to renew the summer collegiate Watertown Wizards’ lease agreement for the use of Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds. Burns had been opposed to the renewal but decided to be “a team player” and give the council the super-majority vote needed to approve the deal.  Read more here.

Season at Risk for Perfect Game League’s Wizards

It looked liked all was well and good for the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League’s Watertown (NY) Wizards last week, as the team’s lease renewal for Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds was on track for final approval.  However, with a four-vote super majority needed from a five-member city council to approve the lease, abstaining Mayor Jeffrey Graham and hard-nosed Council Member