This snuck in under the radar

This was tucked away on the MiLB.com site. Big news in the Midwest League.

Sale of Swing approved

Wednesday marked the beginning of a new era in Quad Cities baseball, as Main Street Iowa's Dave Heller joined with Davenport mayor Ed Winborn at an afternoon press conference to announce that the sale of the Swing of the Quad Cities from Seventh Inning Stretch to Main Street Iowa has been approved by Major League Baseball.

MLB was the last group to put its stamp of approval on Main Street Iowa's application to purchase the Swing of the Quad Cities, following in the footsteps of the Midwest League and Minor League Baseball.

"We have been working towards this day for quite some time and I couldn't be happier," said Heller, managing partner of the new ownership group. "We have so many new and exciting changes planned for next season and we are eager to get started."

QC Times.com has more

Swing sale is a done deal

Standing near home plate at wind-swept John O’Donnell Stadium, a relieved Dave Heller announced Wednesday afternoon that the governing bodies of baseball have approved of the purchase of the Swing of the Quad-Cities by Main Street Iowa.

Heller and Bob Herrfeldt are managing partners of the company which agreed to terms last December to purchase the club from Seventh Inning Stretch, the Kevin Krause-led company which has owned the Midwest League franchise for nine years.

Now what?

While the deal approved, Heller and Krause will now work with their attorneys to close the deal. Heller expects that to happen before the end of November.

Heller said announcements of any changes in the operation of club, including the winner of a name-the-team contest that was held earlier this fall, will come after that date.

There will probably be more in the morning.