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Akron RubberDucks owner Ken Babby is part of an ownership group negotiating to buy the Tampa Bay Rays. How could that affect ...
Ken Babby, who owns the Akron RubberDucks and Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, is part of a group negotiating to buy the Tampa Bay ...
Ken Babby, the 36-year-old passionate owner of the Akron RubberDucks, has a few things to say when it comes to running a baseball team. And his efforts over the past few years culminate this week ...
AKRON, Ohio – Ken Babby is a baseball-team owner who doesn’t just sit in his box like a hermit away from the field and fans. In a normal season, he will help pull the field tarp in the ...
Since Babby, the son of former powerful sports agent and current Phoenix Suns president Lon Babby, left the Washington Post to purchase the Aeros in October 2012, Akron has won back a lot of the fans ...
Ken Babby likes to shake things up. Two days before Halloween in 2013, Akron's Double-A baseball team — which Babby had purchased the year before — changed its name from the Aeros to the RubberDucks.
The Double-A affiliate for the Cleveland Indians announced the new nickname on Tuesday. Team owner Ken Babby said the RubberDucks nickname and logo are designed to "honor the history of Akron and ...
CLEVELAND — Splish, splash, Akron's minor league team is ready for a bath. No longer known as the Aeros, they're now the RubberDucks. The Double-A affiliate for the Cleveland Indians announced ...
Since Babby took over, Akron's attendance has seen a two-year increase of 27.7 percent, with the RubberDucks averaging 5,157 fans in 2014, jumping from seventh to fourth in Eastern League attendance.
Akron RubberDucks owner Ken Babby throws T-shirts to fans in the stands during the game against the Trenton Thunder at Canal Park. Ken Babby already owns two MiLB franchises.