Opening weekend set for Frederick Keys
FREDERICK — It’s almost opening weekend for the Frederick Keys, the minor-league baseball team affiliated with the Baltimore Orioles. The Keys will open their 25th season Friday at Harry Grove Stadium in Frederick with the first game of a three-game series against the Salem Red Sox. The Salem Red Sox, based in Salem, Va., are […]
Naming rights considered for Frederick ball field
FREDERICK — Frederick city officials are considering hiring a Rockville-based firm to market naming rights to the city’s minor-league baseball field. Staff members will brief the mayor and board of aldermen Wednesday on their recommendation to award a $53,000 contract to Team Services LLC. City officials agreed a year ago to market naming rights to […]
Baltimore’s lost Olympics
If things had gone the way Dan Knise had wanted, Michael Phelps would be swimming in the 2012 Olympic Games less than an hour away from his old Towson home.
Frederick Keys, city agree on stadium lease
FREDERICK — The Frederick Keys minor-league baseball team has a new, 10-year lease on Harry Grove Stadium in Frederick. The Frederick News-Post reports that the City Council approved the deal Thursday night despite a last-ditch effort by two aldermen to renegotiate it. The 3-2 vote capped seven months of wrangling over lease terms and the […]
Frederick mulls changes in baseball field lease
FREDERICK — Naming rights are among the sticking points as Frederick officials consider new lease terms for the city’s minor-league baseball stadium. Mayor Randy McClement and the Board of Alderman were set to discuss the matter Wednesday. But the city announced that the stadium lease had been pulled from the agenda less than two hours […]