pink_glove

Flying Squirrels get ready to welcome one millionth fan

The Flying Squirrels are this close to welcoming the one millionth fan to the Diamond. That fan could arrive as early as tonight at the start of the Baysox series. To celebrate, the Squirrels will provide the winner with a surfeit of prizes. One of which will last a lifetime.

Crowd will try to break Guinness World Record for simultaneous high fives at the Diamond

High-five! That’s what a crowd at Thursday’s Flying Squirrels game will do. The current world record holders for the most simultaneous high fives is currently held by 3,504 Zappos.com employees. A local organization, Positive Vibe Café, will try to usurp the title with an event called Hi5RVA. Positive Vibe Café provides food service training for [...]

april baseball

Flying Squirrels: recapping April

Baseball in April is fresh and awkward–hands and bats are cold, the players are all new to each other, good teams are bad, and it’s early enough yet that the bad teams still have hope.

cover

PHOTOS: Flying Squirrels vs. Reading Phillies

On April 17th, the Flying Squirrels faced the Reading Phillies at the Diamond. The Squirrels ended up losing 6-19 that day. The team is currently 8-9 on the season, just three games away from first place. Here are photos from last week’s loss against Reading.

OpeningDay-Front

PHOTOS: Opening Day for the Flying Squirrels

Last night, the Flying Squirrels welcomed a capacity crowd of 9,560 to the Diamond for their home opener. Taking on division rivals, the Altoona Curve, the Squirrels prevailed by a score of 7-3. Here are pictures of yesterday’s opening day win.

5Things-120412-Front

5 Things

There are simply too many exciting things going on this weekend. Stay hydrated, take breaks, and wear comfortable shoes. And don’t forget to factor in time for your nap, because, trust us, no one likes you when you’re cranky.

pink_glove

Flying Squirrels sell-out season opener

The Flying Squirrels have announced that individual tickets for tomorrow evening’s home opener have sold out. Only select tickets remain for the Dale Murphy Meet & Greet that will be held tomorrow evening at the stadium.

BallparkNutz-Front

Flying Squirrels release conceptual renderings of a new ballpark

Almost two months ago, the Richmond Flying Squirrels announced the creation of a citizen advocacy group to lobby for the construction of a new ballpark on the Boulevard. Today the Squirrels released these two conceptual renderings of what a ballpark could look like.

Flying Squirrels looking for ‘FUNN’ staff members for 2012 season

Richmond’s minor league baseball team will host two job fairs to help fill available positions for the 2012 season. Both job fairs are this week, so if you’re interested in working at the Diamond this summer you’ll want to act fast

Ballpark Nutz: it’s time to for a new baseball stadium

The Flying Squirrels announced today Ballpark Nutz, an advocacy group designed to spur action on a new baseball stadium and to facilitate an official city plan to do so.

← Older