Growlers Awarded Promotion of the Year
KALAMAZOO, MI - The awards keep rolling in for the Kalamazoo Growlers. Earlier this week, the Growlers were recognized as a finalist for Ballpark Digest's 2014 Logo/Branding of the Year and most recently the team took home the top prize as the 2014 Summer-Collegiate Promotion of the Year. Read more on [...]
KVCC Head Coach Piechocki back with the Growlers
KALAMAZOO, MI – The Kalamazoo Growlers are pleased to announce that Kalamazoo Valley Community College Head Coach Cody Piechocki will return as the teams Hitting and Fielding Coach for the Growlers. Piechocki received his start in the Northwoods League in 2013 with the Battle Creek Bombers as an assistant coach [...]
Growlers Announce Wade as New Manager
KALAMAZOO, MI – The Kalamazoo Growlers are pleased to announce the hiring of Travis Wade as the teams new 2015 Field Manager. Wade will be replacing former manager Joe Carbone, who led the Growlers in their inaugural season. Travis is no stranger to baseball having played professionally for thirteen seasons. [...]
Stay Connected with Growlers Baseball
It may be the offseason but you can still interact with the Growlers! Countdown the days until summer on the Growlers Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. Stay up to date on all your hometown team's news or maybe just reminise about that beautiful summer of twenty fourteen. Either way, we'll keep you [...]
European Players to Participate in the Northwoods League in 2015
Six players from Collegiate Baseball League Europe selected Rochester, Minn. – Prior to the 2014 season the Northwoods League and Collegiate Baseball League Europe (CBLE) entered into an agreement that would allow the top six players from the CBLE to participate the following season in the Northwoods League. At the [...]
Northwoods League Alumni Looking to Impress in the Arizona Fall League
Fall league showcases the top prospects in Minor League Baseball Rochester, Minn. – Twenty eight former Northwoods League players will be competing over the next two months in Arizona against the top players in Minor League Baseball. There are six teams in the Arizona Fall League: the Scottsdale Scorpions, Mesa [...]
Oktobeerfest Being Held at Homer Stryker Field!
Get ready for an afternoon of German cuisine, games, music, and of course…BEER! Saturday, October 18 from 1-7pm at Homer Stryker Field will be the first ever OktoBEERfest! This event will offer anyone over the age of 21 with loads of entertainment, while attending the first-time event at Homer Stryker [...]
Thirteen former NWL players set to challenge for a World Series title
Rochester, Minn. – As the Major League Baseball Divisional Series games get set to start tonight thirteen former Northwoods League players are each hoping for their chance at a World Series ring. Playoff rosters have not all been set but the following players are assumed to be on rosters for [...]
Growlers Catcher Ryan Lidge Awarded Rawlings “Finest in the Field”
KALAMAZOO, MI- Congratulations to Growlers catcher, Ryan Lidge, for being awarded one of Rawlings "Finest in the Field." This award is given out at the end of every season to honor the top fielders at each position around the entire Northwoods League. Throughout the inaugural 2014 season with the Growlers, Lidge [...]
Smoyer Ranked #1 NWL Prospect
KALAMAZOO, MI- The Kalamazoo Growlers are proud to announce that Growlers right-handed pitcher, Ryan Smoyer from the University of Notre Dame, has been ranked the number one prospect in the Northwoods League for the summer of 2014. Smoyer is also joined by Troy Montgomery, Karl Sorensen, Ryan Lidge, Justin Fletcher, Shane Bryant, [...]
2014 Fan Survey
Hey fans, the Growlers need your help to make the 2015 season BIGGER and BETTER than last! To do this, the Growlers have created the 2014 Fan Survey. This survey will help the Growlers better understand our fans and their experience at a Growlers game. To take the survey click here. All [...]
Full Page Ad Thanks Growlers Fans
This past week the Growlers took out a full page ad in the Kalamazoo Gazette thanking fans for bringing baseball back to Kalamazoo in style. Here is the letter from Growlers President - Brian Colopy: On behalf of the entire Kalamazoo Growlers organization, we truly appreciate all the cheers, tears and [...]
Growlers Team Up with Marvin Okun Agency to Hold Baseball Camp at Ballpark
While the Growlers 2014 inaugural season may have ended, baseball is still very much alive at the ballpark. Homer Stryker Field is set to play host to Marvin Okun Agency’s Baseball Camp this Saturday, August 23. The camp will run from 9am to 5pm and is designed for local high [...]
Growlers Season Recap
The Growlers' inaugural season is over, but the countless good memories will live on. Let's take a look at the best moments and characters of 2014, from the action on the field to the action in the stands. Attendance: Blessed with a home city rich in baseball heritage and [...]
Growlers fall to Mallards in season finale
Kalamazoo, Mich. — The Kalamazoo Growlers were a strike away from ending the 2014 season with a win over the Madison Mallards, but like almost everything baseball-related in the team's injury and departure-racked maiden season, fate, bad luck and unnamed other magical forces intervened and refused to make things clean and [...]