A Letter from Growlers Broadcaster Ben Pokorny
Kalamazoo, MI - Growlers 2022 broadcaster Ben Pokorny will no longer return to the team in 2023. Ben received a full-time offer to join the Bradenton Marauders as their broadcaster. Pokorny was expected to return for the 2023 season in Kalamazoo before he received the job offer in Bradenton. Pokorny [...]
Watch: Unlikely: Part Two | Growlers Documentary
Kalamazoo, MI - Unlikely, the Growlers two-part documentary series has released the second and final episode. Part Two begins in Wisconsin Rapids for the Great Lakes East Championship game, where the Growlers faced the best team in Northwoods League regular season history. Following that game, the Growlers headed to Duluth, [...]
Growlers Release 2023 Schedule
Kalamazoo, MI - The Kalamazoo Growlers full game schedule for 2023 has been released. 2023 will be the tenth season for the team. The Growlers will also be defending their 2022 Northwoods League championship. The team will play a total of 72 games throughout the summer with 36 of them [...]
Don’t Let Santa Take All the Credit
The Holidays are such a crazy time. Presents, Christmas lights, the tree, and of course…Santa. The jolly old fat man who lives in the North Pole is really busy ONE night of the year. You know how many nights of the year I am busy? A lot of them. The [...]
Watch UNLIKELY: Part One. A Growlers Documentary
Kalamazoo, MI - Unlikely, the Growlers two-part documentary series has released the first episode. Unlikely takes audiences through the Growlers 2022 championship season, the first championship in team history. Go behind the scenes with interviews and never-before-seen footage that will reveal just how the Growlers did the improbable. Part One [...]
Growlers Documentary “Unlikely” Coming December 9th
Kalamazoo, MI -The Kalamazoo Growlers are set to release a documentary that will cover their 2022 season, which resulted in the team’s first championship in franchise history. Titled Unlikely, the documentary will be released in two parts, with the first part releasing on Friday, December 9th. The documentary will go [...]
Growlers in the MLB Roundup
Kalamazoo, MI - With the Houston Astros World Series win, the Major League baseball season has concluded. Let's take a look at how each former Growler currently in the MLB performed this past season. David Hensley (Houston Astros) Now a World Series Champion, David Hensley was one of three former [...]
Ryan Dykstra Named Rawlings ‘Finest in the Field’
Kalamazoo, MI - The Northwoods League has announced the recipients of the 2022 Rawlings ‘Finest in the Field’ Award. The annual award recognizes the top fielders at each position. The winners are selected based on final fielding statistics compiled by the Northwoods League. The 2022 Rawlings ‘Finest in the Field’ [...]
Ben Pokorny Will Return as the Voice of the Growlers
Kalamazoo, MI - Ben Pokorny will return to the Growlers for a second season as the play-by-play broadcaster. Ben called every Growlers home game on the Northwoods League Baseball Network including the Growlers first home playoff game win. Ben also traveled with the team calling every regular season road game [...]
Former Growler David Hensley A World Series Champion
Kalamazoo, MI - Former Growler David Hensley is a World Series Champion after the Houston Astros defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2022 World Series. Hensley debuted with the Astros on August 27th of this year. Appearing in two games during the World Series, Hensley collected two hits over his [...]
Growlers Front Office Sees Multiple Promotions
Kalamazoo, MI - Following a very successful season both on and off the field for the Growlers, multiple front office staff members have received promotions and expanded roles within the organization. The 2022 season saw the most amount of sell out games in team history, a top two finish in [...]
Growlers Front Office Sees Multiple Promotions
Kalamazoo, MI - Following a very successful season both on and off the field for the Growlers, multiple front office staff members have received promotions and expanded roles within the organization. The 2022 season saw the most amount of sell out games in team history, a top two finish in [...]
Growlers Make Jug Logo An Official Alternate
Kalamazoo, MI - Bear+Beer=Growlers. The Growlers have announced the Growler Jug logo as an official alternate. In April of 2022, the Growlers unveiled a brand new specialty logo; The Growler Jug. This logo represented the second meaning behind the team's name. The name "Growlers" has always had two meanings but [...]
Anthony Stephan Awarded Rawlings “Big Stick” Honor
Kalamazoo, MI - The Northwoods League has announced the recipients of the 2022 Rawlings “Big Stick” Award. This award is given to the player at each position who had the best batting average during the 2022 regular season. Wisconsin Rapids Rafters shortstop Ben Ross leads the list of award winners. [...]
Growlers Named Organization of the Year. Owner Brian Colopy Named Executive of the Year
Kalamazoo, MI - The Northwoods League has announced that Brian Colopy, Owner/GM of the Kalamazoo Growlers, has been named the 2022 Northwoods League Executive of the Year. The award, which was decided by a vote of team officials at the League’s annual fall meetings last week in Rochester, MN is [...]