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Changes afoot on the diamond in Nashua

Posted 10/22/2008 - 8:59 PM : Viewed 13890 times.
From Source :  Msn

Say goodbye to the Nashua Pride and hello to the American Defenders of New Hampshire. Same league, different team. Brand-new concept. The city of Nashua yesterday signed a three-year contract with a heavy-hitting ownership group led by three Nokona Athletic Goods executives and former Red Sox ......
Changes afoot on the diamond in Nashua

Gloves made in city meant for diamonds

Posted 10/15/2008 - 1:07 AM : Viewed 17031 times.
From Source :  Google

On the top floor of a manufacturing building on Fremont Street, workers have quietly started turning out leather gloves that go perfectly with diamonds. Baseball and softball diamonds, that is. GoodGlove USA LLC, a joint venture of local and Texas-rooted manufacturers, is producing Nokona gl......
Gloves made in city meant for diamonds

Ownership group eyes military tie-in

Posted 9/16/2008 - 12:58 AM : Viewed 12184 times.
From Source :  Other

Stars and Stripes and professional baseball. That’s what prospective new owners of the Nashua Pride hope to eventually purchase and sell to the community. Will it work for a franchise that has lost an estimated half a million dollars in each of the last two seasons? Nokona Athletic Goods Co. t......
Ownership group eyes military tie-in

Even a fire couldn't stop small Texas mitt maker

Posted 7/26/2008 - 5:30 PM : Viewed 7045 times.
From Source :  Other

With his business in flames and the future of his small Texas hometown suddenly uncertain, fourth-generation factory owner Rob Storey met with his employees and made some promises. He would keep alive the only company that still mass produces baseball mitts in the United States. And nobody would ......
Even a fire couldn't stop small Texas mitt maker

Bat-maker, with David Ortiz helping out, bets on Fall River

Posted 7/9/2008 - 12:40 AM : Viewed 11490 times.
From Source :  Biz Journals

In the heart of Red Sox nation, Buddy Lewis feels he has a hit on his hands, lots of hits. As a lead investor in Nokona Sporting Goods Company, Brookline’s Lewis is skippering the 74-year-old Texas company’s comeback in the baseball and softball equipment industry with two new manufacturing facil......
Bat-maker, with David Ortiz helping out, bets on Fall River

Nokona Baseball Academy a hit with all

Posted 7/7/2008 - 8:24 PM : Viewed 7261 times.
From Source :  Msn

During the winter of 1995, Shaun Skeffington and Marc Coriaty were fixtures at the batting cages located inside the Baseball Factory, located in a mill complex at the bottom of Pocasset Street. Each day after school, the two Durfee High teammates took turns pitching to each other, working on the ......
Nokona Baseball Academy a hit with all

Bringing out the big bats

Posted 6/20/2008 - 10:28 AM : Viewed 21488 times.
From Source :  Google

The American pastime has come to Fall River in a big way. Before Friday's ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Nokona Bat Factory in the Fall River Industrial Park, a black stretch limousine drove slowly by. Fifteen minutes later, the emcee, company CEO Buddy Lewis, announced to the gathering of ......
Bringing out the big bats

Video: 'Big Papi' helps celebrate Nokona factory's grand opening

Posted 6/18/2008 - 12:00 AM : Viewed 11080 times.
From Source :  Other

Baseball’s opening day may have come in April but the Spindle City didn’t mind waiting a little longer. With everything from marching bands to one of Major League Baseball’s biggest stars, local dignitaries gathered Friday afternoon to officially open the Nokona Baseball Factory in the city’s ind......
Video: 'Big Papi' helps celebrate Nokona factory's grand opening

Opening day for Nokona in FR

Posted 6/16/2008 - 7:49 PM : Viewed 9125 times.
From Source :  Other

State and local dignitaries and representatives of the Boston Red Sox and Pawtucket Red Sox will be on hand today to welcome Nokona Athletic Goods Co. to the city and the region. Ribbon cutting is slated for 2 p.m. The B.M.C. Durfee High School Band will play, signaling a grand weekend for the No......
Opening day for Nokona in FR

Revamped roster gets boost from ASU's Cowles

Posted 6/11/2008 - 9:08 AM : Viewed 9160 times.
From Source :  Other

When the 2008 Chicago Bandits take the field at Judson University for their home opener tonight, the National Pro Fastpitch team will have a decidedly new look for its fans in Elgin. The revamped roster includes 11 newcomers, the most recent addition being infielder Mindy Cowles, who just capped ......
Revamped roster gets boost from ASU's Cowles
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