by Mark Taylor, CMPA Board member The dust has settled on the budget year 2013 (October 1, 2012 – Sept 30, 2013) and the results are phenomenal for the most hotly debated…
Category: Baseball
Blue Wahoos nominated for John Henry Moss Community Service Award
Once again, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos are leading the Southern League – this time, in community outreach and philanthropy. In September, the Blue Wahoos were recognized as the best team in the…
Pensacola Blue Wahoos named Best Minor League Ballpark Experience
According to Stadium Journey magazine, the Blue Wahoos were rated the “Best Minor League Ballpark Experience†based on the online magazine’s review of more than 100 Minor League Ballparks – which takes…
Wahoos to hand CMPA check for $491,602
On Friday, Pensacola’s Blue Wahoos, will deliver a check for $491,602 to the Executive Committee of the CMPA. This payment is in addition to the over $200,000 the team has previously contributed…
Wahoos nominated by Southern League for MLB service award
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos have been chosen as the Southern League nominee for the John Henry Moss Community Service Award, a national recognition given to one Minor League ball club each year….
Bring the Kids and Play on Palafox This Friday
The Blue Wahoos have come up with a cool promotion in honor of Palafox Street being named one of America’s Top Ten Streets by the American Planning Association. The team is hosting…
Reds to play 2014 exhibition game vs. Wahoos
Pensacola will be dipping its toe into the frenzied waters of professional baseball a little earlier next year as the Pensacola Blue Wahoos host their parent Major League team, the Cincinnati Reds,…
Wahoos win two league awards
The Southern League of Professional Baseball Clubs has honored the Blue Wahoos’ trainer and groundskeeper: Trainer of the Year Charles Leddon, Pensacola Blue Wahoos The Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society (PBATS) has…
Buzz: Wahoos will have its 600,000th fan attend game tonight
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos will have its 600,000th fan walk through its gates for tonight’s game.
Biloxi looks to build baseball stadium, like Pensacola model
The Biloxi, Miss. city council visited the area recently. This is from a story in the Biloxi Sun Herald: It was a different story when (Councilman) Glavan visited the new stadium in…
Kazoo leading in Top Mascot poll
The Blue Wahoos got their first update on how Kazoo is doing in the highly-competitive “Mascot Mania†contest that is going on. Through Wednesday night’s voting, Kazoo is in first place for…
Gulf Coast Ultimate World Series Begins Tomorrow
The return of the popular Nations Baseball Ultimate World Series will begin this Wednesday morning, July 17, with coach and team meetings at Pensacola Beach, followed by Opening Ceremonies at 4 p.m….
Catholic Crusaders baseball playoff game broadcast today
The Catholic Crusaders baseball playoff game Tuesday evening will be broadcast on the Catholic Crusaders Sports Network. The Regional Semifinal at Madison County High School is a 6pm game Pensacola time, and…
New study says minor league stadiums have positive impact on local economies
Don’t tell C.C. Elebash, but there is new evidence that baseball stadiums help local economies. In the June 2013 issue of the Journal of Sports Economics, Nola Agha, Assistant Professor of the…
Blue Wahoos attorney responds to Kerrigan epistle
Scott Remington, attorney for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, has responded to attorney Bob Kerrigan’s letter attacking the team and its owners over their agreements with the Community Maritime Park. Kerrigan is an…
NWFL Cold Storage owes $220K, $167K over 120 days
We have received the Accounts Receivable Aging Summary As of 2/15/13 for the Port of Pensacola. The total receivables are $518,513.96—42 percent of that is due from Northwest Florida Cold Storage. NWFL…
Blue Wahoo Job Fair at Greater Little Rock today
As Opening Day approaches for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, the team has to jobs fairs this week to hire over 100 associates for the upcoming season. The first is today at Greater…
Valentino challenges City on its pulling gas tax revenues from ECAT
Our reporter Jeremy Morrison is covering the Escambia County Commission agenda workshop. He just texted me that Commissioner Valentino has made a statement against Mayor Ashton Hayward’s intention of using the city’s…
Blue Wahoos to Host 2013 Job Fair for Baseball Jobs
Press Release: As Opening Day approaches for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, the team is planning their second annual job fair to hire over 100 associates for the upcoming season. On Tuesday, February…
Meet Blue Wahoos New Skipper
Press Release: Pensacola Blue Wahoos fans will get the chance to meet their new team manager and former Major League Baseball star Delino DeShields in a fan meet-and-greet scheduled for 5 p.m….
