The Northwoods League will be unveiling the 2012 season schedule later today. The regular season campaign will begin on Wednesday, May 30th. But for the first time since 2004 a team in Brainerd, Minnesota won’t be part of the Northwoods League.
The Northwoods League has announced the complete schedule for the upcoming 2012 regular season, the League’s 19th season of play. For the third consecutive year the Northwoods League will use a 70-game divisional schedule. All teams will play the other seven teams from their division a total of ten times throughout the season.
The Madison Mallards of the summer collegiate Northwoods League are excited to announce Greg Labbe will return for a 2nd season as Manager of the Mallards.
The La Crosse Loggers baseball club announced their first player signing of the off-season today and it came in the form of a very familiar face to baseball fans of the La Crosse area. University of Minnesota sophomore, and La Crosse Central High alum, Bobby Juan will be returning for his second season in 2012 team officials announced today.
La Crosse Logger officials announced that Andy McKay will return to manage the club in 2012, which will be his fifth and final season in the Copeland Park dugout.
Former Waterloo Bucks infielder Clint Barmes signed a free agent deal with the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday. Barmes (pronounced BAR-mus), who played with Waterloo in 1999 and 2000, signed a two-year deal worth $10.5 million, making the 32-year-old middle infielder currently Pittsburgh's highest-paid player going into next year.
The Mankato MoonDogs announced that Field Manager Mike Orchard (Central Arizona) will return to the MoonDogs for his fourth season in the summer of 2012. Orchard has been a mainstay at the helm of the MoonDogs for the last three seasons after stops in the Arizona Collegiate League, the Cape Cod League and two stops in the Northwoods League as an assistant coach.
The Rochester Honkers Baseball Club announced that left-handed pitcher Matt Strahm, from Neosho County Community College (KS) will return to the Rochester Honkers next summer.
The Northwoods League on Tuesday added a seventh team in the state of Wisconsin with the unveiling of the Lakeshore Chinooks. The 2012 expansion team will make its home at Concordia University in Mequon, a northern suburb of Milwaukee. The team's ownership group consists of several individuals, including Milwaukee baseball celebrities Robin Yount and Bob Uecker.
The Rochester Honkers Baseball Club announced today that pitcher Kevin Johnson (pictured top) and infielder/pitcher Reid Roper (bottom) will return to the Rochester Honkers next summer. Both are from the University of Illinois Fighting Illini and are the first two signed for the 2012 season.
