“ Sugar Land City Council approved an historic agreement with Opening Day Partners, LLC to bring minor league baseball to Sugar Land. [read more]

- City Of Sugar Land Texas - Doug Adolph

“ The Houston suburb, hot to bring in pro baseball, is talking terms with Opening Day Partners, the firm led by Peter Kirk. [read more]

- Ballpark Digest

“ The city council of Sugar Land agreed this week to work with a company that specializes in getting cities to build minor-league baseball parks and get teams to go in them. [read more]

- By Richard Connelly in Baseball, Political Animals

“ The Sugar Land City Council approved a Memorandum of Understanding Tuesday with Opening Day Partners LLC to provide a professional minor league baseball team to the city and develop a stadium in Sugar Land's Cultural/Entertainment District. [read more]

- BY DON MUNSCH

“ The city of Sugar Land made the first of several moves aimed at bringing a minor league baseball team and stadium to Sugar Land. [read more]

- By DIANE TEZENO

“ A Memorandum of Understanding with Opening Day Partners, LLC (ODP) to provide a professional minor league baseball team and develop a stadium in Sugar Land's Cultural/Entertainment District is on this week's city council agenda. [read more]

- Fort Bend Independent

“ Now that the city of Sugar Land is on a path toward getting a minor league baseball stadium and team - with hopes of playing in the 2012 season - it begs the question: What should the team be called? [read more]

- Richard Zagrzecki

“Sugar Land may be a step closer to getting their own professional minor league baseball team. [read more]

- KTRK-TV/DT

“Sugar Land Mayor James Thompson has filed to run for his second term in the May 8 election. Thompson served from 1996 to 2005 on the Sugar Land City Council as a District and At-Large council member, and was elected mayor in 2008. [read more]

- By: Jamie Mock

“Sugar Land is one step closer to being able to say "play ball!" as the Sugar Land City Council will consider a Memorandum of Understanding with Opening Day Partners, LLC to provide a professional minor league baseball team and develop a stadium in Sugar Land's Cultural/Entertainment District. [read more]

- BY DON MUNSCH dmunsch@fbherald.com

“ On Tuesday, City Council will consider entering into a memorandum of understanding agreement with Opening Day Partners, LLC to provide a team and develop the stadium in the city's Cultural and Entertainment District. [read more]

- Richard Zagrzecki

“ In a transparent process with Richmond's participation, we will see that the best available team is brought to Richmond next year." [read more]

- Opening Day Partners, LLC by Peter Kirk

“ Water is the theme of today's second set of awards, as we recognize Opening Day Partners and the Grand Prairie AirHogs for best ballpark innovations." [read more]

-ballparkdigest.com by Kevin Reichard

“ Indeed, things are off to a good start if the first year is any measure. Attendance figures met expectations, fan reviews are generally positive and tax revenues are supposedly on target. " [read more]

-SoMdNews.com by Alan Brody

“ The team's minority owner witnessed the commemorative contest from his suite behind home plate while finding time to mingle with Blue Crabs fans of the near 6,000 in attendance at the ballpark. [read more]

-SoMdNews.com by Dallas Cogle

“ During some of the innings, Dayton could be seen running onto the field picking up bats after players had dropped them to run to their bases. [read more]

-SoMdNews.com by Carrie Lovejoy

“Could Richmond be a market where affiliated and independent baseball work together? Peter Kirk thinks so, and he's laying out a series of scenarios for a new ballpark in Richmond that would accomplish just that." [read more]

-BallParkWatch.com by Kevin Reichard

“Sporting perhaps the most dramatic view from any ballpark, Campbell's Field in downtown Camden is surely one of the most scenic ballparks in minor-league baseball." [read more]

-BallParkWatch.com by Kevin Reichard

“There is something irresistible about a ballpark with a huge pool featuring the water equivalent of bumper cars -- surely one of the most unique ballpark innovations we've seen in recent years." [read more]

-BallParkWatch.com by Kevin Reichard