Derek Gordon used to sit behind the home dugout at Haymarket Park and heckle the Huskers. Now, his family watches from the same spot and cheers as he stars on the very field he’d long dreamt of playing on. Gordon's dream of playing at Haymarket Park started when watching his brother, Alex, dominate the Big [...]
LINCOLN, NE – The Lincoln Saltdogs announced today that the team received two players from the Wichita Wingnuts and two players from the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks to complete earlier trades. Wichita sent outfielders Angel Reyes (pronounced ON-hell) and Zach Nehrir (pronounced NAIR-ee-er) to Lincoln while Fargo gave right-handed pitchers Travis Ballew (pronounced BUH-lew) and Geoff Broussard [...]
LINCOLN, NE – The Lincoln Saltdogs and the American Association jointly announced today that Haymarket Park is the league’s ‘Best Playing Field’ for 2018. Haymarket Park has been the Field of the Year for all 18 seasons of its history. The league’s field managers and media personnel vote on the award. Athletic Turf Manager Jeremy [...]
LINCOLN, NE – The 2018 Lincoln Saltdogs season was another successful edition of “America’s Pastime” in the capital city. Outstanding moments and a third-straight winning season marked the 18th summer of pro baseball at Haymarket Park. “Haymarket Park was full of energy in 2018 because of our talented players and the exciting promotions organized by [...]
LINCOLN, NE – Hopefully Curt Smith had some empty space in his trophy case. Last week fans chose the Lincoln Saltdogs infielder as the team MVP, Monday the league picked him as an All-Star and today the league announced him as the American Association’s Player of the Month for August. The slugger continues to rack [...]
ROSEMONT, IL – The season finale game between the Lincoln Saltdogs and Chicago Dogs at Impact Field was rained out on Monday. The Saltdogs finish their season 51-48. It is the third straight winning season for Lincoln. This is the second straight year in which the Saltdogs have finished after playing only 99 games. Rain [...]
ROSEMONT, IL – The Lincoln Saltdogs and the American Association jointly announced today that Saltdogs Designated Hitter Curt Smith is an All-Star. The league’s media and field managers choose the All-Star team. The sixth-year Saltdog had a milestone season in 2018. He led the team in hits (115), RBIs (74) and extra-base hits (44) while [...]
ROSEMONT, IL – The Lincoln Saltdogs (51-48) blasted four home runs over two games and picked up a split of a doubleheader against the Chicago Dogs (45-54) on Sunday. With their four homers, the Saltdogs passed the 2017 St. Paul Saints and the 2014 Laredo Lemurs to move into fourth place in single-season home runs [...]
ROSEMONT, IL – The Lincoln Saltdogs and Chicago Dogs made it to the middle of the second inning before rain forced Saturday’s game to be suspended. The teams will resume play on Sunday starting at 3:30 PM. Game two will be a seven-inning game and will start at 6:00 PM or 30 minutes after the [...]
LINCOLN, NE – The Lincoln Saltdogs scored two runs in the eighth inning to beat the Cleburne Railroaders 4-3 in front of 5,416 fans in the home finale at Haymarket Park. Randolph Oduber knocked home Brandon Jacobs with a double to tie the game at 3-3 in the bottom of the eighth. Then, Curt Smith [...]
