Blue Wahoos have released their annual report for the Community Maritime Park Associates Board of Trustees. The awards that the team and its management have received have been well publicized. The financial…
Category: Baseball
Wahoos lose Riggleman to AAA team. Former MLB Rookie of the Year named new manager
Press Release: Reds Move Riggleman to Louisville, DeShields to Join Blue Wahoos In an off-season coaching change not uncommon to minor league baseball, the Cincinnati Reds have announced that 2012 Blue Wahoos…
HIgh school baseball tournament to be played in Wahoo Stadium
Press Release: The Championship Game of the 20th Annual Aggie Classic Baseball Tournament will be played at the Pensacola Blue Wahoos Stadium. The tournament, hosted by J.M. Tate High School, will be…
Four Wahoos named to Southern League Top 20 Prospects by Baseball America
Baseball America has released its listing of the Southern League’s Top 20 Prospects and among those named are four Pensacola Blue Wahoos. Base stealing phenom Billy Hamilton, is the 5th overall prospect…
Wahoos sweep awards,named top organization in Southern League
MARIETTA, GA – The Southern League of Professional Baseball Clubs has announced the Pensacola Blue Wahoos as the Don Mincher Organization of the Year and the Montgomery Biscuits as the winner of…
Wahoos president named Southern League Executive of the Year
MARIETTA, GA – The Southern League of Professional Baseball Clubs has announced Pensacola Blue Wahoos President Bruce Baldwin as the 2012 Jimmy Bragan Executive of the Year and Jacksonville Suns Director of…
Dare-A-Thon Raises Money For Team Stolfi
Courtney Foote Fell, a Pensacola and Gulf Breeze community member is spearheading a DARE-A-THON to help raise money for her dear friend Michael Stolfi who is also a native of Pensacola, FL…
Wahoos Hamilton gets NYT attention
The New York Times is watching–like the rest of the country– Billy Hamilton, the base-stealing shortstop for the Pensacola Blue Wahoos. Hamilton should pass this week Vince Coleman for the record of…
Busy Week for CMPA
The Community Maritime Park Association has an active week ahead. CMPA Chairman Collier Merrill will meet with city officials and Quint Studer on Tuesday regarding a proposed park development project, and the…
Studer, Hayward and the Negotiation Blues
Quint Studer is hoping to construct a $12 million dollar office complex on a parcel at the Community Maritime Park. And while officials with the city of Pensacola seem to desire the…
As reported Hamilton is newest Wahoo
Press Release: The Cincinnati Reds’ top overall prospect, as rated by MLB.com, Billy Hamilton brings his chase for the Minor League single-season stolen base record to Pensacola. Hamilton has played the entire…
Buzz: Is Reds hot prospect coming to Pensacola
One of the Cincinnati Red’s hottest prospects, Billy Hamilton, may be joining the Pensacola Blue Wahoos this week, according to his Twitter feed. The 21-year-old shortstop is fast. He has stolen 104…
Later Sunday Home Games for Blue Wahoos
The Blue Wahoos announced that Sunday home games in July and August will move to a 4 p.m. first pitch, with gates opening at 2:30 p.m. Games that will reflect this change…
As reported, PNJ raises subscription rate
When I reported on the Pensacola News Journal’s implementation of a paywall—meaning their websites would no longer be free, I wrote that their print subscriptions would go up, too. Some PNJ officials…
Gulf Power still has nuclear option on the table
WFSU in Tallahassee reported yesterday that Gulf Power has appealed to the Florida Public Service Commission that would let the utility purchase a parcel of land in Escambia County and cover the…
Wahoo lead league in attendance
The Pensacola Blue Wahoos had 5,038 fans in attendance on Sunday. The team is leading the Southern League, despite having one of the smaller stadiums, with 165,885 fans attending the home games…
We need to invite Bill Murray to a Wahoos’ game
Charleston RiverDogs Director of Fun, Comedian Bill Murray, entertained the fans during a rain delay at Riley Park recently. The Charleston RiverDogs are the Class-A affilicate of the New York Yankees.
Wahoo named Reds Minor League Pitcher of the Month
Press Release: Blue Wahoos closer Donnie Joseph has been named Cincinnati Reds Minor League Pitcher of the Month for May. Joseph, 24, led the organization and tied for third in all of…
First Wahoo makes it to the Bigs
Press Release: Former Blue Wahoos infielder Mike Costanzo was called up to the Major Leagues on Saturday afternoon by the Cincinnati Reds and becomes the first Pensacola player to make it to…
A ‘Masterful’ Night for Pensacola Sports
By James Hagan— Friday, May 11 saw not only a sold-out crowd gather at the Community Maritime Park to watch the Pensacola Blue Wahoos play the Birmingham Barons, but also to honor…