Tag Archives: minor league baseball

ZipCap: empowering America’s most loved local businesses by transforming customer loyalty into working capital

By Mark | March 26, 2015

In spite of the billboards around town by local banks claiming to support homegrown businesses, the truth is, when our small “mom and pop” stores need capital, it’s almost impossible to come by. When a local restaurant, for instance, needs capital to grow, or to make it through lean times, there are few options, in […]

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Minor League Baseball Comes to Ypsilanti & Washtenaw County

By Mark | May 28, 2009

The following comes by way of local baseball enthusiast David Palmer. Friday marks Opening Day for the Midwest Sliders of Ypsilanti, game time is 7:05pm. The Sliders will play the 2009 Frontier League season at Oestrike Stadium, on the campus of Eastern Michigan University. Forty-four, family friendly home games fill the 2009 schedule. The Sliders […]