Keystone Baseball
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| Keystone Baseball, LLC | |
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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | 1982 |
| Headquarters | Camden, New Jersey, USA |
| Key people | Peter Kirk, Jon Danos, Brad Sims, Andy Frankel Brooks Robinson |
| Industry | Minor League and independent baseball team operations |
| Website | Keystone Baseball |
Keystone Baseball is a company that owns and/or operates affiliated Minor League and independent baseball teams in the United States. Since 1982, Keystone Baseball has owned and operated its own minor league teams, operated teams for others, assisted in the sale and purchase of teams, and advised and consulted with clients from around the world.[1] The teams that Keystone Baseball have owned include the Hagerstown Suns (Nationals - A), Delmarva Shorebirds (Orioles - A), Frederick Keys (Orioles - A), Bowie Baysox (Orioles - AA) and Aberdeen Arsenal (Independent). Keystone Baseball currently owns and operates highly successful minor league teams in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster Barnstormers) and Camden, New Jersey (Camden Riversharks). The Barnstormers drew nearly 400,000 fans to Clipper Magazine Stadium in their 2006 Atlantic League championship season. The Riversharks attract over 300,000 fans a year to Campbell's Field, which has been voted to be one of the best stadiums in the United States by numerous publications.
Keystone Baseball, under the name York Professional Baseball, is the owner of the expansion York Revolution which will begin play at Sovereign Bank Stadium in York, Pennsylvania in May 2007. Keystone Baseball also owns Baseball & Sports Associates LLC, a company that handles baseball operations, including player development for numerous minor league baseball teams.
Keystone Baseball has plans to expand into new markets in 2008 and beyond. The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, owned under the name Maryland Baseball, are expected to take the field in May 2008 at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf, Maryland. Other projects and development of new markets are ongoing, including places such as Northern Virginia and Montgomery County, Maryland.
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[edit] Major League Baseball
Keystone Baseball has had a long-standing and close working relationship with Major League Baseball and with individual MLB clubs. Among the assignments undertaken by Keystone Baseball and its affiliates have been:
- Operating and maintaining the Spring Training home of the St. Louis Cardinals and Washington Nationals in Jupiter, Florida
- Providing the grounds crew for the Sydney, Australia Summer Olympic Games under contract to the Commissioner's Office
- Providing stadium refurbishment and grounds crew for the Baltimore Orioles historic exhibition game in Havana, Cuba
- Providing field design and installation advisory services to the Houston Astros
- Advising several Major League Clubs on their minor league operations
- Operating the "Maryland Fall League" for minor league players
[edit] Stadium Design & Construction Projects
Through its facility management division, Keystone Baseball has provided stadium design, construction, and operation services to numerous communities, in addition to providing such services on its own ballparks. Clients have included:
- Aberdeen, Maryland
- Atlantic City, New Jersey
- Frederick, Maryland
- Portland, Maine
- Prince Georges County, Maryland
- Trenton, New Jersey
- Wicomico County, Maryland
- Wilmington, Delaware
[edit] Food & Beverage Services
Through its food and beverage entities, Keystone Baseball has provided concession and catering services to minor league parks, arenas and universities nationwide including:
- Capital Centre, Landover, Maryland
- Coastal Federal Field, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
- Patriot Center, Fairfax, Virginia
- Stanford University, Stanford, California
- Towson State University, Towson, Maryland
[edit] Teams currently owned by Keystone Baseball
[edit] References
- ^ About Keystone Baseball. Keystone Baseball. Retrieved on December 18, 2006.
