Our vision is to provide our guests with unparalleled services, by a highly-motivated and dedicated staff working in a safe and fun place where families and guests can expect a clean facility, a lot of fun, and the happiness that grows from creating the memories of a lifetime.
We're eager to hear your ideas on how to make the Bowling Green baseball experience magical. Please feel free to share them with us.
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Art Solomon, Managing Partner of Bowling Green Pro Baseball and President and Chief Executive Officer of the DSF Group, is widely regarded as one of the most successful investors, developers and operators in the U.S. real estate market.
Art was born and raised in New England. His passion for baseball is shared by his entire family. His father-in-law was captain of his college baseball team and later played for a New York Yankees minor league team and one of Art’s sons was recruited by the Philadelphia Phillies. Unfortunately, Art’s own baseball career peaked at age 12 as a Little League shortstop.
Only second to his love of family and baseball is his commitment to strong and vibrant local communities. Earlier in his career, he worked for the anti-poverty programs in New Haven, Connecticut and in Washington D.C. And while he was a professor of economics and urban planning at M.I.T. he also served as the Executive Director of the Harvard-M.I.T. Joint Center for Urban Studies -- a leading think tank on the development of our cities and regions.
Art holds a B.A. from Brown University, an M.A. from Trinity College and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
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Rick Brenner is President of Bowling Green Pro Baseball. 2008 also marks
his second season as the President/General Manager of the New Hampshire
Fisher Cats, Double-A affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays, in Manchester, NH..
Since Rick took over the operation in 2007, the Fisher Cats have supported more than 800 charitable organizations in and around New Hampshire, with over $475,000 raised through Fisher Cats fundraising. In 2007 & 2008, the Annual Granite State Baseball Dinner has seen attendance rise to upwards of 900 people, and raised over $200,000 for the Fisher Cats Foundation & the Children's Hospital at Dartmouth (CHaD). In 2007, the Fisher Cats also saw a 23% increase in attendance at Merchantsauto.com Stadium.
Rick spent three seasons as the Eastern League Vice President and six seasons as General Manager and Chief Operating Officer of the Trenton Thunder, the Double-A affiliate of the New York Yankees, and previously, the Boston Red Sox.
Under Brenner’s leadership, the Trenton Thunder became the first Double-A team in Minor League Baseball history to draw 400,000 fans for eleven consecutive seasons.
In 2003, Rick was named the Eastern League’s Executive of the Year and the Thunder was awarded the coveted Larry MacPhail Trophy for Minor League baseball’s top promotional/community effort.
In 2005, his last year as General Manager of the Trenton Thunder, his organization was awarded the prestigious John H. Johnson President’s trophy as the nation’s best baseball franchise.
Rick currently resides in Amherst, NH. |
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General Manager/CEO Brad Taylor, 40, comes to Bowling Green Pro Baseball from the Trenton Thunder, where we was General Manager/COO. In Trenton he supervised the entire sales, marketing, operational, customer service and promotional efforts of the team. He also oversees the baseball operations for the Thunder as they relate to the New York Yankees.
The Trenton Thunder won its first ever Eastern League Championship in 2007.
In Taylor’s nine years with the Thunder he helped the club receive national recognition with two awards from Minor League Baseball. Following the 2005 season, the Thunder was named the Johnson President’s Trophy Winner, recognizing the “Complete Baseball Franchise” of the 160 teams in affiliated baseball. The Thunder also won the Larry MacPhail Trophy for Outstanding Club Promotion in 2003.
Under Taylor’s guidance the organization was recently honored with two prestigious awards. The Mercer County Regional Chamber of Commerce recognized the Thunder as the 2007 Distinguished Corporation of The Year. In the fall of 2007 the Thunder’s commitment to its local community was highlighted as the Thunder received the Good Neighbor Award at the Trenton Renaissance Ball.
Taylor’s contributions to the local community have included such things as being a member of the Mercer County Sports and Entertainment Commission Council, serving as a past advisory board member for the Trenton Waterfront 5K for Habitat For Humanity, being a former advisory board member for the Salvation Army and serving as a participant in the Minding Our Business program that teaches area middle school students how to start their own businesses.
Prior to joining the Thunder, Taylor worked for the Cape Fear Crocs (Fayetteville, NC), a Single-A affiliate of the Montreal Expos, from 1996 through 1999 and was their General Manager in 1998 and 1999. During the 1995 season, he made his first stop in Minor League Baseball, serving as Assistant General Manager for the River City Rumblers (Huntington, WV). In 1991, Taylor received a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology from Randolph-Macon College (Ashland, VA), where he also played baseball for four years as a second baseman, serving as team co-captain his senior year.
Taylor, a native of Fairfax, VA, spends his time outside of baseball enjoying fatherhood, playing softball, golfing, fishing and rooting for the Washington Redskins. Brad’s wife is Jennifer and the couple have two sons, Braxton and Parker. |
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Ray Sayre grew up in Lexington, KY and attended Eastern Kentucky University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Turfgrass Management. He was first introduced to sports turf management when he had the opportunity to work with the grounds crew on a variety of sports fields at the University of Kentucky. From there he went on to be an assistant groundskeeper for the Louisville Bats, the Triple-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. In 2005 Ray began work as the Head groundskeeper for the Single-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox in Greenville, SC where he helped open West End Field which was named Ballpark of the Year in 2006. Ray is excited to be back in Kentucky and is looking forward to the beginning of professional baseball in Bowling Green.
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