Technically speaking, summer doesn’t slip into autumn until Monday, so let us take a moment to salute our boys of summer. The Clippers recently completed a three-game sweep of the Durham Bulls to claim their 11th International League title. Huzzah.

Soon, Huntington Park, home of the triple-A Clippers, and Nationwide Arena, home of Elvis Merzlikins, will be part of one of the loveliest sports complexes in the United States. The third and final anchor of the Arena District project is, of course, a soccer stadium that is to rise between the baseball park and the Olentangy River.

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The paperwork for the new Crew stadium was supposed to be signed, sealed and delivered by now. It is not, not quite yet. There are a host of players — city officials, county politicians, Haslam Sports Group power brokers and Nationwide Realty Investors — involved in setting up a complicated, public-private partnership. The process has not been without hang-ups.

The Haslam and Edwards families, owners of the Crew, felt comfortable enough to jump the gun Tuesday, when they announced plans for a groundbreaking ceremony for Oct. 10. The public is invited.

If, in the interim, the land transfer falls apart, it would be … well, “hilarious” is one word you could use. There are many others.

I’ve heard rumblings of an upcoming meeting that will open the way to the public release of the stadium renderings this week. Keep in mind: These people would be crazy to announce a date for a groundbreaking, and then follow up with an appetite-whetting release of delicious-looking stadium renderings, if they thought the whole deal was going to blow up in faces. If that happens, they’d be Anthony Precourt.

The Ohio History Connection has a very cool exhibit, “Ohio — Champion of Sports,” that will run through September 2020. Check it out. It covers aspects of the state’s deep roots with professional sports, including Ohio State football, but that is only a part of what is compelling about the exhibit. Get a taste at ohiohistory.org. Visit.

The Save the Crew movement is well represented in the halls of that Brutalist concrete box (which, on the inside, is elegantly utilitarian). STC helped make possible the completion of the Arena District, and the vision for the future.

The well-heeled new owners of the Crew have professed that they are committed to investing in their roster and competing for cups. They have also been clear that they will spare little expense in building a stadium that is not just another soccer spaceship. OK. Unveil the renderings. And get a shovel in the ground.

If you knew the city before the Ohio State Pen was razed to make way for Nationwide Arena, a part of you has to marvel over the transformation that has occurred over the past two decades. The city has grown beyond the control of the great state university, and the Arena District is a concrete (and brick) example. Confluence Village — what the soccer-stadium plat will be named when the new place opens in midsummer 2021 — is a finishing touch.

Imagine, as you cross the Broad Street or Rich Street bridge, the sight of Nationwide Arena, Huntington Park and (Naming Rights Available) Stadium, all in a row.

Nationwide is still gorgeous after 20 years. Huntington, annually ranked as one of America’s best ballparks, has been a success since it opened (and the Cleveland Indians affiliated) in 2009. It’s hard to think of a better place to watch baseball.

Pro baseball has been played in Columbus since 1884. It has been played at the highest minor-league level for all but six years since 1902. It has entered an era of high renaissance.

The Clippers’ 2019 Governors’ Cup championship is their 11th since 1933 — and their fourth since 2010.

Supposedly, autumn arrives Monday. Huzzah.

marace@dispatch.com

@MichaelArace1