Record Crowd Watches Eclipse, Fireflies

A crowd of 9,629 fans – a new Spirit Communications Park record – was on hand Monday to not only view the first transcontinental solar eclipse in 99 years, but also to watch the Fireflies walk off in the bottom of the ninth inning.  Read more here.

MiLB Teams in ‘Path of Totality’ Prepare to Capitalize on Solar Eclipse Monday

On Monday, the United States will experience its first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 99 years. The ideal place to watch this phenomenon, in which the moon will obscure the sun and turn day into night, is from within the 67-mile-wide strip of near-total darkness known as the “path of totality.” Read more here.

NASA to Participate in First Baseball Eclipse Game Delay

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center geologist Noah Petro will be heading to Oregon soon to officiate the nation’s first baseball eclipse game delay at the home of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (Single-A, Northwest League) on Aug. 21.  Petro and NASA will join the teams there for eclipse-related events during a four-day “EclipseFest.”  Read more here.

A Year Out, Volcanoes Announce ‘EclipseFest’ 2017

PRESS RELEASE – In celebration of the once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse to hit Oregon, the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes are hosting an EclipseFest at Volcanoes Stadium to coincide with home baseball series August 18-21.