There are 5 article(s) tagged Peter Freund:

• June 2020

  • It’s official: No professional baseball at AutoZone Park this summer

    MLB will have a 60-game season, but with no minor-league season, no St. Louis Cardinals "taxi squad" working out in Memphis and no pop-up league for minor-league free agents. AutoZone Park will not have any pro baseball this year.

    By Don Wade June 24, 2020

• March 2020

  • Playing without fans in AutoZone Park no help to Memphis 901 FC, Redbirds

    "There's no playbook for this," Memphis 901 FC/Redbirds owner Peter Freund says of trying to navigate what lies ahead for city's USL soccer team and Triple-A baseball team. 

    By Don Wade March 20, 2020

  • MLB spring training camps closed as Cardinals and Redbirds head home

    From Memphis Redbirds principal owner Peter Freund, to Memphis manager Ben Johnson and St. Louis Cardinals coach Stubby Clapp, COVID-19 is now very real on a professional and personal level.

    By Don Wade March 14, 2020

• November 2019

  • MLB contraction proposal could affect Redbirds owner Peter Freund

    MLB has a proposal to eliminate more than 40 minor-league affiliated teams; while the Memphis Triple-A team is not directly impacted, Redbirds owner Peter Freund's Short Season A team, the Williamsport Crosscutters, a Philadelphia Phillies affiliate, is on the preliminary hit list. 

    By Don Wade November 27, 2019

• October 2018

  • An assist from the skipper: Stubby Clapp helped Redbirds’ rebirth

    Brand identity. A pro sports franchise can’t live without it.

    By Don Wade October 29, 2018