It’s a slow week for baseball news, leading NJ.com to publish an article asking “what’s next” for the former home of the Camden Riversharks, Campbell’s Field.
The short answer: not much, unless you are a fan of Rutgers-Camden baseball.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Joel Guzman as an international free agent in 2001. Four years later, Baseball America ranked him as the fifth-best prospect in the game.
Lost in the excitement of the Mets’ NLCS victory on Wednesday was the news that the Atlantic League’s Camden Riversharks would cease operations after 15 seasons.
The Riversharks were not one of the independent league’s better draws – they averaged 3,186 per game in 2015, seventh among eight teams. Actual attendance at the one game I made it to this summer was maybe a third of that.
Rumors surrounded both the Camden team and the Bridgeport Bluefish (eighth at 2,916 per game) ever since the league announced plans to field a franchise in New Britain, Conn. in 2016.
On Wednesday, I made what is likely to be my only trip of the season to Campbell’s Field in Camden, NJ, home of the Atlantic League’s Camden Riversharks. While the Riversharks are completely inept (31-54 this season), the ballpark is beautiful (or it could be, with a bit more TLC.)
