PRESS RELEASE – The Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League is proud to announce that the Elmira Pioneers and Historic Dunn Field will host the 2018 All-Star Game presented by Hilliard Corporation and STCF on July 18th in Elmira, New York.
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Pioneers to Host 2018 PGCBL All-Star Game
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GCBC Issues Statement on Muckdogs
Genessee County Baseball Club (GCBC), the nonprofit that has owned the Batavia Muckdogs (Single-A, New York-Penn League, issued a statement last week announcing that the franchise has been transferred to the league. Read statement here. If the NYPL Muckdogs do not return to Dwyer Stadium in 2018, expect the summer collegiate PGCBL and NYCBL to be all over it.
Perfect Game League Announces New Director of Communications
PRESS RELEASE – Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL) President Jeff Kunion is pleased to announce the appointment of Travis Larner as the league’s Director of Communications. Larner is no stranger to the PGCBL, as he has worked in the front office of the Newark Pilots since the team’s inception in 2011. Continue reading
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Jamestown Jammers Join PGCBL
PRESS RELEASE – The Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League has proudly announced the addition of the Jamestown Jammers. Continue reading
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Geneva Red Wings Join PGCBL
PRESS RELEASE – A new era of baseball is set to begin at the historic McDonough Park. The Geneva Red Wings have announced that the team will begin play in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL), starting in the upcoming 2016 season. Continue reading
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Outlaws Return to PGCBL
PRESS RELEASE – PGCBL President Jeff Kunion announced this morning that the Oneonta Outlaws have once again become part of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League. Continue reading
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ValleyCats to Play PGCBL Team in Exhibition Play
PRESS RELEASE – The Tri-City ValleyCats, Class A Short Season affiliate of the Houston Astros, will host their 2nd Annual Education Day at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium on Wednesday, June 17 at 10 a.m., as part of an exhibition game versus the Albany Dutchmen of the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League. Continue reading
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New PGCBL Team Named RailRiders
PRESS RELEASE – The Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League is proud to announce the nickname for the franchise in Victor, New York. The team will be known as the RailRiders and will compete in the West Division of the PGCBL. Continue reading
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PGCBL Announces New Team in Victor (NY)
PRESS RELEASE – The Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League is pleased to announce that the league has added a club in Victor, New York, effective immediately. Continue reading
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DiamondDawgs Getting New Lights
The city of Little Falls (NY) has received a $484,000 grant from the state that will, in part, be used for new lights at the Veterans Memorial Park baseball field, home of the summer collegiate Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs (Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League). Read more here.
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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.
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Glens Falls Golden Eagles Sold to Experienced Operator
PRESS RELEASE – The Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League announced this afternoon that the Glens Falls Golden Eagles franchise has been sold to a group headed by long time baseball executive Ben Bernard. Continue reading
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Elmira Pioneers to Host 2014 PGCBL All-Star Game, Unveil Logo
PRESS RELEASE – The Elmira Pioneers are proud to announce that Historic Dunn Field will host the league’s brightest stars for the 2014 PGCBL All-Star Game and festivities. Continue reading
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Utica Brewers Extend Lease
PRESS RELEASE – Utica Brewers Owner and President Butch Russo announced yesterday that the Brewers have signed a three year lease extension with the Oneida County Sports Authority to keep the team at Murname Field at Donovan Stadium for three years. The agreement ensures there will be PGCBL baseball at the venerable ballpark thru 2017. Continue reading
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Watertown Rams Extend Lease
The summer collegiate Watertown Rams (Perfect Game League) have locked in a three-year deal to continue using Alex Duffy Fairgrounds. Read more here. This is good news, as there has been a little instability in the market over the last couple of years. Read more here and here.
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Heiser Purchases Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs
PRESS RELEASE – The Mohawk Valley DiamondDawgs of the Perfect Game Collegiate League (PGCBL) are pleased to announce that Mohawk Valley resident and Team President and General Manager Travis Heiser has purchased the team and is the new majority owner. Continue reading
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Hawkeyes Go Dark Over Doubleday Field Use Impasse, Set Sights on New Facility
PRESS RELEASE – The Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League announced that the Cooperstown Hawkeyes will not field a team in 2014. Continue reading
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Over 2,000 Attend 2013 Perfect Game League All-Star Game
PRESS RELEASE – The Newark Pilots play all their home games at Colburn Park in Newark, N.Y. and were the host of the 2013 Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League All-Star Game, with which they did a tremendous job. The field itself was in pristine playing condition, complemented with a large scoreboard atop the left field wall, which would eventually get Continue reading
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Perfect Game League Expands to Saugerties (NY)
The summer collegiate Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL) is expanding to Saugerties (NY) and will begin play at a newly lighted Cantine Memorial Field starting in 2014. Saugerties Parks and Recreation Superintendent Greg Chorvas had this to say about negotiating a deal with the PGCBL: Continue reading
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Pioneers Set New PGCBL Attendance Record
PRESS RELEASE – The Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League is proud to announce that the Elmira Pioneers have set a new single season PGCBL attendance record with 43,734 fans attending games at historic Dunn Field. Continue reading
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