Pictured above: Minor League Baseball will open for business on April 5 with the start of the 2024 season. (Photos provided) On the outside, Minor League Baseball looks much the same as it did five years ago. The crack of…
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Arkansas Travelers Team Up With Buz2 for Radio Broadcasts
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Travelers radio broadcasts are moving to 106.7 FM Buz2 beginning with the 2023 season. Buz2 is KBZU-FM, the ESPN Radio affiliate in Little Rock, and sister station to the area’s #1 all-sports station KABZ-FM, 103.7 The Buzz. The agreement…
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Arkansas Travelers Rusty Meeks Says Travelers Are Here to Stay in NLR
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffIt’s been a good season so far for Dickey-Stephens Baseball Park and the Arkansas Travelers in North Little Rock. Concessions and attendance are up for the season and the outlook for the remainder of the season looks promising. Travs fans…
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Put Us In, Coach: After 2 Years of Lost Games and COVID Concerns, Minor Leagues Ready to Play
by Dwain Hebdaby Dwain HebdaIn late February, virtually everyone in Arkansas was hunkered down to avoid glazed roads and the bracing bite of winter. But for many, even the weeklong sleet and cold could not quell their spring fever. Justin Cole, vice president and…
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Arkansas Travelers Announce Promotions, First Female GM in Team History
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Travelers and the team’s CEO, Rusty Meeks, announced Tuesday recent promotions involving the Travelers’ front office staff. Sophie Ozier has been named General Manager of the club, and Ben Hornbrook and John Sjobeck have been promoted to Assistant…
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Arkansas Travelers Team Hosts ‘Never Forget 911’ Blood Drive this Friday
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Blood Institute has partnered with the Arkansas Travelers baseball team to host a special blood drive in honor of U.S. first responders and military who lost their lives in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Individuals can donate…
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Arkansas Travelers Gear Up for Baseball Season, Release 2021 Schedule
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleBaseball season is quickly approaching, and the Arkansas Travelers have set their 2021 schedule with 60 home games at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock. After the 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Travellers will be…
Black Apple Crossing, Arkansas’ only hard apple cider, will begin distributing to central Arkansas in July. The company’s ciders will be available at local bars and restaurants, and distribution to the rest of the state is said to be coming…
July/August 2015 Issue Arkansas’ two Minor League Baseball teams take a different approach to getting people in the stands and staying economically viable in their markets. Photographs courtesy of Arkansas Travelers and Northwest Arkansas Naturals Top photo: Balbino Fuenmayor is…