
By Sara Beth Williams–
A new softball and baseball training facility is now open in the Sam’s Club shopping center.
Triple Crown Cages opened in January in the vacant building that used to be home to Tuesday Morning. Ryan Cappas, who runs the business with his brother and father, Austin and Wayne Cappas, said the doors opened Jan. 1 and that the facility has already hosted trainings for several little league teams from the region.
“We’ve been attached to baseball for generations,” Cappas said of his family, adding that his dad played baseball up through junior college, his grandfather played baseball, and his dad’s great uncle played in the minor leagues. Cappas said his dad coached him and his brother growing up and still gives his brother pointers to this day. Austin Cappas currently plays baseball at the college level at Fresno Pacific University.
Cappas moved to Citrus Heights several years ago and said he began coaching his own son in t-ball and became involved with Sunrise Little League. The more he became involved, the more he said he recognized the need for more batting cages and training facilities.
“There’s a lot more baseball out here than there are facilities,” Cappas said.
The new Triple Crown Cages is in a 13,000-square-foot facility and offers eight batting cage lanes with state-of-the-art pitching machines. Three are 70-foot full-length lanes, four are 45-foot lanes, and the last lane Cappas called a “showcase” lane, which will feature the latest hitting-track system technology with a camera tracking system. All the lanes are lined with high-quality turf.
The name of the business is derived from the prestigious achievement known as the “Triple Crown” for professional baseball players. Any player who earns the highest batting average, the most home runs, and the most Runs Batted In (RBI’s) within one single season, earns a Triple Crown.
The facility is already sponsoring 8 little league teams in the area, and Cappas said when teams come in to train, they can open up the dividers between the lanes, which allows more room for teams to practice things like ground ball catching, as well as batting.
Pricing is broken up into 30- and 60-minute rental periods. Individuals or teams can rent one or multiple lanes at a time. Rentals begin at $35 for 30 minutes on a 45-foot lane, $40 for 30 minutes of training on a 70-foot lane, and $75 an hour for use of the showcase lane. Cappas said the company is still working on designing and pricing membership packages and added that many players in their teens and older will come to train on a recurring basis weekly or sometimes multiple times a week.
Signage for the building is expected to arrive sometime in February. A formal grand opening for the company is planned for March 1 and will include competitions and prizes.
Currently, Triple Crown Cages operates from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Triple Crown Cages is located at 7255 Greenback Ln.
Tuesday Morning announced it had filed for bankruptcy in February 2023.
A new softball and baseball training facility is now open in the Sam’s Club shopping center...
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