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#LOVELANSING FOCUS MAGAZINE | APRIL 2023

Diamond Baseball Holdings to Purchase Lansing Lugnuts

iamond Augusta GreenJackets
Baseball and San Jose Giants
DHoldings (DBH), in being operated by
an organization that DBH.
owns and operates
select minor league “The Lugnuts have
clubs affiliated with been one of the great
Major League Baseball joys in my life. It is a
(MLB), has entered bittersweet decision
into an agreement to sell the team,”
to purchase the said TMO managing
Lansing Lugnuts partner Tom Dickson.
from Take Me Out to “But I can promise
the Ballgame, L.L.C. you that DBH’s Peter
(TMO), the Lugnuts Freund and Pat Battle
recently announced. are terrific people who
It is the franchise’s first ownership change since TMO love baseball, and I am confident that the Lugnuts and
purchased the Waterloo Diamonds in 1994 and brought the City of Lansing are in good hands with them.”
the Lugnuts to Lansing in 1996.
“We are thrilled to have the opportunity to own such an
The Lugnuts will continue to be directed by the current iconic franchise as the Lugnuts, built by one of the best
front office staff, led by general manager Zac Clark. The owner/operators in the game in Tom Dickson,” said
franchise will remain in Lansing as the High-A affiliate Peter Freund, CEO of DBH. “We could not imagine a
of the Oakland Athletics. better city, ballpark, or management team, and we look
forward to being part of the Lansing community for
Executive Chairman Pat Battle and CEO Peter Freund years to come.”
oversee DBH, each a lifetime baseball fan and owner
and operator within Minor League Baseball (MiLB) The transaction will be completed subject to TMO
before joining DBH in December 2021. The Lugnuts will obtaining all necessary league and City of Lansing
join Triple-A’s Iowa Cubs, Memphis Redbirds, Scranton/ approvals. With the purchase, DBH will assume the
Wilkes-Barre RailRiders and Gwinnett Stripers; Double- Lugnuts’ lease upon the finalization of the transfer.
A’s Midland RockHounds, Mississippi Braves, Portland The current rights to Jackson® Field™ extend through
Sea Dogs and Wichita Wind Surge; High-A’s Hudson 2034; the intention by all parties is to keep the Lugnuts
Valley Renegades and Rome Braves; and Single-A’s in Lansing far longer than that. l

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