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The ballpark will be allowed to host games at 50% capacity with mask and distancing in place.

Major League Baseball unveiled the 2021 schedule for its minor league teams on Thursday, including the Double-A Hartford Yard Goats, who will open their season on May 4. The season will include 60 home games at Dunkin’ Donuts Park in Hartford, with the home opener taking place on Tuesday, May 11 against the Portland Sea Dogs. “We’re excited to announce…

After a 2020 without a season, the Yard Goats released a 2021 schedule Thursday that includes 60 home games.

Minor League Baseball cancelled the 2020 season on Tuesday amid challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic ending the seasons for the Hartford Yard Goats and Norwich Sea Unicorns before they had a chance to get started. Major League Baseball informed MiLB that it will not provide its affiliated minor league teams with players for this season, a press release said….

The Hartford Yard Goats are adding additional netting at Dunkin’ Donuts Park in time for the home opener of the 2020 season, the team announced Thursday. The team said the goal with the extra netting is increased fan safety. The new netting will extend through section 121 to the Bears BBQ wall in the left field and through section 101…

The Hartford Yard Goats on Wednesday announced their highly-anticipated promotional schedule for the upcoming 2020 baseball season. For the first time, the Yard Goats will theme a game around a television show. “The Office,” the long-running popular comedy that ran on NBC, will be the featured theme on Thursday, May 7. “The Office Night” will include an appearance by actor…

Individual game tickets to see the Hartford Yard Goats will be going on sale soon. Tickets for the Hartford Yard Goats Baseball Club will go on sale for all home games on Friday, Feb. 7.  Fans can buy tickets in person only, beginning at 10 a.m. at the box office at Dunkin’ Donuts Park and the first 50 fans to…

The Hartford Yard Goats announced Chris Denorfia as the team’s manager for the 2020 season, the team announced Tuesday. Denorfia, a former player in the major leagues, is a Connecticut native. He grew up in Southington and graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford. Most recently, Denorfia was a member of Chicago Cubs Manager Joe Maddon’s staff as Quality...

The Hartford Yard Goats will be hosting the 2021 Eastern League All-Star Game at Dunkin’ Donuts Park, the team and league announced Tuesday.

The Hartford Yard Goats welcomed their one millionth fan to Dunkin’ Donuts Park Saturday night.

Colorado Rockies prospect Vince Fernandez has been suspended 50 games under baseball’s minor league drug program after testing positive for amphetamine.

Baseball fans are reacting after a young girl was hit by a ball during a game Wednesday night.

New England Motor Freight, based in New Jersey, has filed for bankruptcy and is closing its terminal in Meriden.

More than 100 employees are out of a job as a trucking company shuts down its terminal on Research Parkway in Meriden.

A resolution to reinstate the Meriden Police Department’s Neighborhood Initiative Unit is moving forward and will go before city council next week.

Meriden’s City Council is considering restoring the city’s community policing unit.

Mike Abramson, General Manager of the Yard Goats, told us what we can expect during this final week of the season.

In this NBC Connecticut exclusive, we mic’d up ‘Goats skipper Warren Schaeffer to get a behind the scenes look and get to know the first year manager along the way.