Comments on: Newark Bears fold

By: Raines named manager of Newark Bears | River Avenue Blues

Raines named manager of Newark Bears | River Avenue Blues — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:21:44 +0000

[...] independent Newark Bears. What makes his story interested is that less than a month ago the Bears ceased operations and folded. Well, since then a new ownership group swooped in and purchased the team (after bankruptcy), and [...]

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:10:51 +0000

What would you expect? They put this baseball stadium in the dump of Newark NJ! The Sommerset Patriots and the Cardinals do good, people show up to those games (and spend $$). There is no money in beautiful Newark!

By: pounder

pounder — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:41:47 +0000

Bridgeport has allowed Ms.McGregor and her partner,whose name escapes me at the moment, to divest themselves of their interest in the Bluefish.They intend to install a team in Yonkers,when and if the always cranky city council there approves a massive downtown redevelopment,featuring a minor league ballpark atop an 11 story building,flanked by rwo 50 story buildings. How the failure of the Newark Bears affects all this is anyones guess.

By: Mike Ashmore

Mike Ashmore — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 13:56:12 +0000

Ha…well, I guess you guys see what I do when I’m not covering the Thunder now.

By: yankeefan91 (sign manny)

yankeefan91 (sign manny) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:58:36 +0000

i also went toa game a few years ago and i liked it i also got a chiped bat from henderson

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:11:56 +0000

That’s terrible. I went to a couple of their games and it was always interesting to see who was playing for them.

By: Rebecca-Optimist Prime

Rebecca-Optimist Prime — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:00:25 +0000

Oh wow. That’s kind of horrible =(