Ticketpalooza Tomorrow at 9 AM

For those of you interested in season tickets for the 2010, tomorrow is your day! Get out to The Diamond between 9 AM and 1 PM.

Additional Info here:
http://www.richmondprobaseball.com/news092909.html

New Team Website Up and Running

Looks like the owners have set up a new website for the team. I assume they will continue to post news and events on this site until their official site at milb.com is available for use.

The new site is: http://www.richmondprobaseball.com/

Go check it out

2010 Schedule Released

The 2010 schedule has been released!

Opening Night at The Diamond will be April 15 at 7:05 vs. the Reading Phillies.

Richmond's 2010 home schedule

April: 15, Reading, 7:05; 16, Reading, 7:05; 17, Reading, 6:35; 18, Reading, 2:05; 19, New Britain, 7:05; 20, New Britain, 7:05; 21, New Britain, 7:05; 30, Bowie, 7:05

May: 1, Bowie, 6:35; 2, Bowie, 2:05; 3, Altoona, 7:05; 4, Altoona, 7:05; 5, Altoona, 7:05; 6, Altoona, 11:35; 13, Altoona, 7:05; 14, Altoona, 7:05; 15, Altoona, 6:35; 16, Altoona, 2:05; 18, Erie, 7:05; 19, Erie, 7:05; 20, Erie, 11:35; 28, Bowie, 7:05; 29, Bowie, 6:35; 30, Bowie, 6:35; 31, Bowie, 7:05

June: 1, Harrisburg, 7:05; 2, Harrisburg, 7:05; 3, Harrisburg, 7:05; 8, New Britain, 7:05; 9, New Britain, 7:05; 10, New Britain, 7:05; 15, Binghamton, 7:05; 16, Binghamton, 7:05; 17, Binghamton, 7:05; 18, Altoona, 7:05; 19, Altoona, 6:35; 20, Altoona, 5:05; 28, Akron, 7:05; 29, Akron, 7:05; 30, Akron, 7:05

July: 1, Erie, 7:05; 2, Erie, 7:05; 3, Erie, 6:35; 4, Erie, 6:35; 15, Bowie, 7:05; 16, Bowie, 7:05; 17, Bowie, 6:35; 18, Bowie, 5:05; 19, Trenton, 7:05; 20, Trenton, 7:05; 21, Trenton, 12:05; 26, Reading, 7:05; 27, Reading, 7:05; 28, Reading, 7:05; 29, Altoona, 7:05; 30, Altoona, 7:05; 31, Altoona, 6:35

August: 1, Altoona, 5:05; 10, New Hampshire, 7:05; 11, New Hampshire, 7:05; 12, New Hampshire, 7:05; 13, Portland, 7:05; 14, Portland, 6:35; 15, Portland, 5:05; 23, Reading, 7:05; 24, Reading, 7:05; 25, Reading, 7:05

September: 3, Bowie, 7:05; 4, Bowie, 6:35; 5, Bowie, 5:05; 6, Bowie, 12:05

Name the Team Contest

Great opportunity to have some input in the new team name and win some cool prizes at the same time.

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/sports/baseball/name-the-team/

Season Ticket Info

Here's your info... I would expect packages for partial season tickets will also be available at some point.

Team Name Announcement on October 15th

October 15th is when we'll find out the new name for Richmond's incoming AA team.

Anyone have any good suggestions? Speculation could be fun

The Diamond Renovations

As nice as a new stadium would be, its not in the cards for the near future. Plans for renovations at The Diamond are coming out.

Some things we'll see:

1. Approximately 3,200 New Flip Up Seats with Cup Holders in the Lower Level
2. New Video Board
3. Suite and Press Box fixes
4. New Team Store
5. Clubhouse Improvements

New owners are dropping about $1.5M into the improvements by spring. RMA will contribute around $75k.

The new club is set to play at The Diamond for at least 2 seasons.

"For the time being, this is our home," said Lou DiBella, the team's
president and managing general partner. "We're going to treat it like your home. We're going to do what's necessary to bring it up to the appropriate grade."

Corresponding RTD article: http://tinyurl.com/yat39mm

RTD: Minor League Baseball returns to Richmond

http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/sports/professional/professional_baseball/article/BASEGAT23_20090923-103201/294910/

The Richmond Metropolitan Authority and the Eastern League announced today that the Class AA franchise that has been based in Norwich, Conn., since 1995 will
relocate to Richmond for next season.

That franchise is contractually bound to be the San Francisco Giants' Class AA affiliate through 2010.

The club will play at The Diamond until further notice. Atlanta's Class AAA franchise
relocated from Richmond to Gwinnett County, Ga., following the 2008 season due
to the Braves' dissatisfaction with The Diamond and the lack of a firm plan to
replace it.

The RMA owns and operates The Diamond. Lou DiBella is expected to remain with the franchise as managing partner. Chuck Domino, who this season was
president of the Class AAA Lehigh Valley franchise and the Class AA Reading
franchise, is expected to be in charge of operations. Also expected to be
involved is former Class AA Altoona General Manager Todd Parnell.

It's Official: Baseball is BACK in Richmond

More to come later in the day

As long speculated, the Connecticut Defenders franchise is moving to Richmond next spring. The 2010 season will be played at The Diamond while other alternatives are still floating around for the long term.

For now, the team is affiliated with the San Francisco Giants organization.

Tomorrow is the day!

10:30 AM Press Conference scheduled at the Diamond... more info to come tomorrow