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Here are the wildest stats and plays from the first month of the MiLB season

5 days ago | mlb.com | Benjamin Hill

Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from the Baseball Traveler newsletter, presented by Circle K, is a mere taste of the smorgasbord of delights he offers every week. Read the full newsletter here, and subscribe to his newsletter here. Welcome to Crooked Numbers, a monthly column dedicated to Minor League Baseball on-field oddities and absurdities.
5 Minor League promos that John Oliver hilariously highlighted on Last Week Tonight

6 days ago | mlb.com | Benjamin Hill

On the HBO show “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” the titular host provides his take on issues affecting America and the world at large. May 4’s episode featured a lengthy segment on the most important issue of the day: Minor League Baseball promotions. Over the course of 11 minutes Oliver embarked upon a wide-ranging exploration of Minor League team names, alternate identities and theme nights, ending with an offer to have his show rebrand a Minor League team.
John Oliver talks Minor League Baseball team rename/rebrand on Last Week Tonight

6 days ago | mlb.com | Benjamin Hill

This offer came toward the conclusion of a free-wheeling exploration of Minor League Baseball weirdness, in which Oliver highlighted team names, alternate identities, theme nights and the occasional promotional mishap (hey, as the saying goes, you can't make an omelet without breaking eggs). The past, present and future are about to collide: "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" wants to rebrand a Minor League Baseball team.
Check out the best -- and wackiest -- Minor League promos happening in May

1 week ago | mlb.com | Benjamin Hill

Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from the Baseball Traveler newsletter, presented by Circle K, is a mere taste of the smorgasbord of delights he offers every week. Read the full newsletter here, and subscribe to his newsletter here. Welcome to Promo Preview, a monthly roundup of the best promotions taking place throughout Minor League Baseball.
Baseball Traveler Benjamin Hill Minor League Road Trips itinerary 2025

2 weeks ago | mlb.com | Benjamin Hill

Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from the Baseball Traveler newsletter, presented by Circle K, is a mere taste of the smorgasbord of delights he offers every week. Read the full newsletter here, and subscribe to his newsletter here. 2025 marks my 15th season of Minor League Baseball road trips. The goal, as always, is to celebrate what it is that makes each team unique.
Daytona's Jackie Robinson Ballpark is historic landmark where a Minor League team still plays

4 weeks ago | mlb.com | Benjamin Hill

A version of this story originally appeared on MiLB.com in 2018. We present it here as Major League Baseball celebrates Jackie Robinson Day. "There's no ballpark like this. This is where history was made."That's how historian Bill Schumann describes Jackie Robinson Ballpark, home of the Florida State League's Daytona Tortugas (Single-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds). This was the first place an American or National League organization fielded an integrated team.
En este estadio de liga menor, aún activo, Jackie rompió la primera barrera

4 weeks ago | mlb.com | Benjamin Hill

“No hay un parque de pelota como éste. Aquí es donde se hizo historia”. Así es como el historiador Bill Schumann describe el Jackie Robinson Ballpark, hogar de los Tortugas de Daytona de la Liga Estatal de la Florida (sucursal Clase A de los Rojos de Cincinnati). Éste fue el primer lugar donde una organización de la Liga Americana o la Liga Nacional alineó un equipo diverso a nivel de raza.
Minor League team hosts prom during a game via The Baseball Traveler

1 month ago | mlb.com | Benjamin Hill

Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from his newsletter is a mere taste of the smorgasbord of delights he offers every week. Read the full newsletter here, and subscribe to his newsletter here. Why did the Winston-Salem Dash host an in-game high school prom? Because a pipe burst in Georgia. Welcome to the 2025 Minor League Baseball season.
The best Minor League promos of opening week The Baseball Traveler

1 month ago | mlb.com | Benjamin Hill

Benjamin Hill travels the nation collecting stories about what makes Minor League Baseball unique. This excerpt from his newsletter is a mere taste of the smorgasbord of delights he offers every week. Read the full newsletter here, and subscribe to his newsletter here. Welcome to Promo Preview.
Minors team's milk-soaked hot dog is fake -- but the donut meatloaf sando is all too real

1 month ago | mlb.com | Benjamin Hill

On Wednesday afternoon the Hartford Yard Goats unveiled "new REAL concession items for the season." The Double-A Colorado Rockies affiliate emphasized the "real" because, the week prior, they immersed themselves in a prank. Farewell, Float Your Goat, we never knew ye. It was always a joke, but so many wanted to believe. As with so many things Minor League Baseball, some context is necessary. In the lead-up to Opening Day, teams make a sport of unveiling attention-getting food items.