Northwoods League President Dick Radatz, Jr., joined 620 WTMJ Radio in Milwaukee Thursday night, July 17, to preview the upcoming events of the annual Northwoods League All-Star Game, to be held July 21-22 in Mequon, Wis.  You can listen to his complete interview by following this link: Radatz Interview

Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig is the featured speaker at the All-Star Banquet July 21 at the Ozaukee County Fair Grounds in the Columbia St. Mary’s Medical Center.  The all-star teams will be introduced by the Honorary Managers, Jim Gantner (North) and Robin Yount (South).  Tickets for the banquet are $60 per person and can be purchased by calling the Lakeshore Chinooks offices at 262-618-4659.

On game day (July 22), the gates at Kapco Park open at 3:30 p.m.  Players will rotate through the VIP Photography Autograph Zone until 5:30 p.m.  The Home Run Challenge will begin at 4:45 p.m. and will feature a unique format where nine players from each division will represent the North and South teams.  Each player will receive six outs in his team’s half of the inning, and a nine-inning competition will take place.  The team with the most home runs hit after the nine-inning exhibition will be declared the winner.

The 2014 Northwoods League All-Star Game presented by Fiduciary Management, Inc., will be begin at 6:45 p.m. CDT.  Mankato and Waterloo lead the North Division team with five selections each, while the defending Summer Collegiate World Series Champion Madison Mallards have a league-high six players on the South Division team. 

The full All-Star Game rosters can be viewed here: 2014 All Star Rosters

Tickets for the All-Star Game at Kapco Park can be purchased here: http://northwoodsleague.com/tickets/.