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Daredevils out for 2012; baseball franchise for sale
The Outer Banks Daredevils are shutting down operations after 14 seasons.
Team owners say they could not guarantee breaking even for 2012 in the college summer baseball Coastal Plain League.
There will be 14 teams next year, including the Edenton Steamers, who will play in a seven-team East Division when the 54-game season begins May 29. The Outer Banks franchise will sit dormant in 2012, and is up for sale.
The Daredevils were one of the original CPL teams in 1997. The team did poorly financially and skipped the 1998 season.
Warren Spivey bought the Daredevils in 1999. The team moved from Manteo to Kill Devil Hills in 2006 when a group led by Marcus Felton bought the team prior to the season.
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doomsday says:
maybe if they were not so consistantly terrible they wouldn’t have these problems, perhaps some sort of scouting and putting a competitive team on the field would make a difference.
KHer says:
Not sure that scouting has anything to do with the talent. Players apply to the league to be included.
Too bad it won’t be back for 2012. It was a good diversion from the traffic on the bypass.
Thinker says:
I always enjoyed watching the college guys play, but over the last few years the quality of play has gone down for OBX. Also, the KDH location is a lousy place to watch a game. Sad. I think its an unfortumate loss.
ekim says:
It was also to expensive,to bring the kids and feed them.
Duke Geraghty says:
I always enjoyed going to see them play and now I feel guilty for not going more often,
Baseball Fan says:
Not surprsing given cost to attend, quality of play and management’s gameday treatment of fans.
mark ahearn says:
shame, shame, shame…. i’m from massachusetts, where the cape cod summer baseball league has been around since the 60′s, when i first started watching them… best of college players would come to the cape, local residents would house them, local businesses would employ them, and the baseball was first class… hundreds of major league players came thru the cape… summer nights, baseball, popcorn,,, american tradition… shame the banks couldn’t sponsor one team. Chamber of commerce should get involved, get a local college baseball coach, let him use his connections to staff, and roster the team,, get baseball back on the island! please!
Helgy says:
What’s wrong with you people? We went last season and had a great time. Tickets were cheap, as was food, and both the players and staff were fantastic. My 9yr old got a baseball signed by the catcher and has it in a glass case in his room. He thought that was the coolest thing on our OBX trip. We will miss them this year. Hopefully they’ll be back in 2013.
Bill says:
Sad to hear the OBX DD’s won’t be playing this year. Over the past 15+ years we’ve always tried to go to a game during our stay and most years we did.
Tell you what If I win Mega Millions tonight I’ll be buying the team and a house on the island.
Paul says:
Just found out they will not be back for another season when I looked for their 2012 schedule. I always tried to make as many games as I could. I will miss the sounds of “Play Ball”, the crack of a wooden bat and the smack of a fastball finding the catcher’s mitt, all mixed with a small child’s voice on a Summer’s evening.
Wags says:
We went last year with my 11 Y.O. son and his friend and loved it so much we went back the next night. Got foul balls, talked to players and autograph. The price was cheap. Gonna miss it!!!
Joe says:
I agree. The KDH location had no baseball atmosphere. Manteo was much better, although the crowds were always sparse.Too bad. We enjoyed going to a game or two during our week in Nags Head every year.
Hope they come back.
sean says:
we are really sad to hear the daredevils won’t be back in 2012.we went to a game when we were down in 2009,and my son got a ball signed by the entire team,not to mention we were all very entertained.tickets,souviners,and food were all reasonable…we were looking forward to going to a game when we came down in june.i guess my son will be very disappointed.do you know of what we can do or where else we can go to catch a game while we are down on the outer banks that does not require a lot of travel time.
Russ Lay says:
Sean–closest would be Edenton, about 90 minutes away, west of Elizabeth City.
AJ says:
What a shame. We’ve made it a tradition to go to at least one game during our vacation week there. We’ve found the games to be an in-expensive treat and always found the players and management to be extremely friendly to the kids, signing autographs and such.
Very disappointed that we won’t get to experience that this year.
Sally says:
So sad! We always went to at least one game every year during our OBX vacation. We loved the stadium, tickets were really inexpensive, food was reasonable. I hope they’ll be back soon.
Jack says:
Been vacationing for two weeks @ N.H. for nearly 20 yrs and only started attending 2 games each year since ’09. I always felt the field was great, cheap tix etc. The kids loved it especially my 12 yr old son. Being so close to the action was a plus. We would always arrive early and watch warm-ups that anyone who ever played the game at an advanced level would truely appreciate. We would stand directly behind the pitcher up against the bullpen fence watching him warm up then move behind the catcher. I remember a game standing near the dugout where an on deck batter turned around and said to my son “Think you can hit him ?” Hope they bring it back !!
tom says:
what a shame i always tried to catch a game when i came here the tix and food were cheap and was very fan friendly very sad hope they come back.
Claire says:
So sad to see this tradition of summer go. We always tried to catch a game each year. Brought back many memories of childhood. A big loss to the Outer Banks. An enormous loss to those of us who love the boys of summer. Bring baseball back to the Outer Banks!