{"id":21820,"date":"2024-10-10T17:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T21:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/?page_id=21820"},"modified":"2024-11-25T09:27:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T14:27:08","slug":"viral","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Viral Energy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1655.68px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><!-- Meta Pixel Code 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fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:42;line-height:var(--awb-typography1-line-height);\">Viral Hall of Fame<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;\"><p>The Kalamazoo Growlers have created viral sensations including 6-year-old Coach Drake, &#8220;Securing the Streaker&#8221;, the Mac Daddies and more.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of every fun and viral sensation is the beloved reaction from local and nationwide fans.<\/p>\n<p>We couldn&#8217;t be more thankful for the support our community has given us and the laughters shared from community members around the nation.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of our favorites.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1655.68px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-color:#000000;--awb-bg-color-hover:#000000;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:25px 25px 25px 25px;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-aspect-ratio:1 \/ 1;--awb-object-position:36% 0%;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none has-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"980\" height=\"980\" title=\"Coach-Drake\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27980%27%20height%3D%27980%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20980%20980%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27980%27%20height%3D%27980%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/06\/Coach-Drake.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-15002 img-with-aspect-ratio\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\".fusion-image-element\" alt \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-right:10px;--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><h4><b style=\"color: #ffffff\">6-YEAR-OLD COACH DRAKE<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-right:10px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><p>The world&#8217;s first every 6-year-old coach made his Growlers debut in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Drake became famous for his tantrums.<\/p>\n<p>He holds the record for the most ejections in Northwoods League history and it isn&#8217;t particularly close.<\/p>\n<p>Coach Drake&#8217;s ejections were seen millions of times online and was featured on &#8220;CBS This Morning&#8221; and multiple Japanese News Networks.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-color:#000000;--awb-bg-color-hover:#000000;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:25px 25px 25px 25px;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-aspect-ratio:1 \/ 1;--awb-object-position:48% 40%;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none has-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"421\" title=\"sddefault\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/sddefault-e1728668634122.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/sddefault-e1728668634122.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-21829 img-with-aspect-ratio\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\".fusion-image-element\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27421%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20640%20421%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27640%27%20height%3D%27421%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/sddefault-e1728668634122-200x132.jpg 200w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/sddefault-e1728668634122-400x263.jpg 400w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/sddefault-e1728668634122-600x395.jpg 600w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/sddefault-e1728668634122.jpg 640w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-right:10px;--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 20;line-height: 1.2;--minfontsize: 20\" data-fontsize=\"20\" data-lineheight=\"24px\"><b style=\"color: #ffffff\">&#8220;THE STREAKER&#8221;<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-right:10px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><p>Tik Tok Star Frankie and his major &#8220;asset&#8221; has not once, but twice crashed Growlers games.<\/p>\n<p>Each time he interrupted games by streaking across the field.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily our security team was able to apprehend him each time. <\/p>\n<p>The videos of Frankie streaking amassed tens of millions of views across social media, even being reposted by Snoop Dogg.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-color:#000000;--awb-bg-color-hover:#000000;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:25px 25px 25px 25px;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-aspect-ratio:1 \/ 1;--awb-object-position:49% 40%;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none has-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2473\" title=\"mac daddies final_logo -01\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%272473%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202560%202473%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%272473%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/04\/mac-daddies-final_logo-01-scaled.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-16002 img-with-aspect-ratio\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\".fusion-image-element\" alt \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-right:10px;--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 20;line-height: 1.2;--minfontsize: 20\" data-fontsize=\"20\" data-lineheight=\"24px\"><b style=\"color: #ffffff\">THE MACDADDIES<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-right:10px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><p>The MacDaddies formed in 2020. They got their start as the third team in the Southwest Michigan Pod during the COVID-19 pandemic riddled season.<\/p>\n<p>The team won the pod championship and have been a Growlers alternate identity ever since.<\/p>\n<p>The  MacDaddies dance team formed in 2021 and the cheesiest team in baseball was featured on SportsCenter and have sold merchandise across the United States.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1655.68px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-color:#000000;--awb-bg-color-hover:#000000;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:25px 25px 25px 25px;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-aspect-ratio:1 \/ 1;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-none has-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1382\" height=\"962\" title=\"bang energy celebration kalamazoo growlers\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-10.58.13%E2%80%AFAM.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-10.58.13%E2%80%AFAM.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-21827 img-with-aspect-ratio\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\".fusion-image-element\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271382%27%20height%3D%27962%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201382%20962%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271382%27%20height%3D%27962%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-10.58.13%E2%80%AFAM-200x139.png 200w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-10.58.13%E2%80%AFAM-400x278.png 400w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-10.58.13%E2%80%AFAM-600x418.png 600w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-10.58.13%E2%80%AFAM-800x557.png 800w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-10.58.13%E2%80%AFAM-1200x835.png 1200w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/10\/Screenshot-2024-10-11-at-10.58.13%E2%80%AFAM.png 1382w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-right:10px;--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><h4><b style=\"color: #ffffff\">BANG ENERGY CELEBRATION<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-9 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-right:10px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><p>The celebration heard around the world.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Nolan McCarthy crushed a home run to left-field. Upon crossing home plate, McCarthy was tossed a BANG energy drink.<\/p>\n<p>He caught the can, spiked it off of his cleat and shotgunned it.<\/p>\n<p>The video was seen millions of times and was picked up multiple national news outlets.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-color:#000000;--awb-bg-color-hover:#000000;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:25px 25px 25px 25px;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-aspect-ratio:1 \/ 1;--awb-object-position:58% 60%;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-6 hover-type-none has-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"5116\" height=\"2798\" title=\"Selfie 2014\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%275116%27%20height%3D%272798%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%205116%202798%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%275116%27%20height%3D%272798%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2020\/07\/Selfie-2014-e1595777138124.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-15292 img-with-aspect-ratio\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\".fusion-image-element\" alt \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-10\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-right:10px;--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 20;line-height: 1.2;--minfontsize: 20\" data-fontsize=\"20\" data-lineheight=\"24px\"><b style=\"color: #ffffff\">SELFIE JERSEY<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-11 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-right:10px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><p>The word &#8220;selfie&#8221; was added to the dictionary in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>And in 2014, the Growlers created a jersey comprised of only selfies.<\/p>\n<p>The team encouraged fans to submit a selfie of themselves to be featured on the jersey. People from across the country heard the news and submitted their photo.<\/p>\n<p>The rest is history.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-color:#000000;--awb-bg-color-hover:#000000;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:25px 25px 25px 25px;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-aspect-ratio:1 \/ 1;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-7 hover-type-none has-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" title=\"Barrera HR Derby\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271707%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%202560%201707%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%272560%27%20height%3D%271707%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/07\/Barrera-HR-Derby-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-16469 img-with-aspect-ratio\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\".fusion-image-element\" alt \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-12\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-right:10px;--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 20;line-height: 1.2;--minfontsize: 20\" data-fontsize=\"20\" data-lineheight=\"24px\"><b style=\"color: #ffffff\">HOME RUN DERBIES<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-13 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-right:10px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><p>During the 2020 COVID-19 riddled season, the Growlers had to find ways to add fun to the games after restrictions took away other entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>The team added home run derbies before every single game.<\/p>\n<p>The Growlers became the first team in history to start every game with a home run derby.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-4 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1655.68px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-color:#000000;--awb-bg-color-hover:#000000;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:25px 25px 25px 25px;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-aspect-ratio:1 \/ 1;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-8 hover-type-none has-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"463\" title=\"Bear Claw\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/05\/Bear-Claw-e1728668754947.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/05\/Bear-Claw-e1728668754947.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-2677 img-with-aspect-ratio\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\".fusion-image-element\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27463%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20400%20463%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27463%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/05\/Bear-Claw-e1728668754947-200x232.jpg 200w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2014\/05\/Bear-Claw-e1728668754947.jpg 400w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-14\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-right:10px;--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><h4><b style=\"color: #ffffff\">BEAR CLAW BURGER<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-15 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-right:10px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><p>The Bear Claw Burger debited during the Growlers first season in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The burger was a half-pound angus patty topped with BBQ pulled pork, mac &amp; cheese, and cole slaw.<\/p>\n<p>It was piled between two Sweetwater&#8217;s Donut Mill Bear Claw Donuts.<\/p>\n<p>The Bear Claw Burger was featured on &#8220;Good Morning America.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column fusion-flex-align-self-stretch\" style=\"--awb-overflow:hidden;--awb-bg-color:#000000;--awb-bg-color-hover:#000000;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-border-radius:25px 25px 25px 25px;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-aspect-ratio:1 \/ 1;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-9 hover-type-none has-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" title=\"Nut-Smugglers-Breakdown\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/05\/Nut-Smugglers-Breakdown.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/05\/Nut-Smugglers-Breakdown.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-20553 img-with-aspect-ratio\" data-parent-fit=\"cover\" data-parent-container=\".fusion-image-element\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27630%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20630%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27630%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/05\/Nut-Smugglers-Breakdown-200x105.jpg 200w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/05\/Nut-Smugglers-Breakdown-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/05\/Nut-Smugglers-Breakdown-600x315.jpg 600w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/05\/Nut-Smugglers-Breakdown-800x420.jpg 800w, https:\/\/assets.northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/05\/Nut-Smugglers-Breakdown.jpg 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-16\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-right:10px;--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"--fontsize: 20;line-height: 1.2;--minfontsize: 20\" data-fontsize=\"20\" data-lineheight=\"24px\"><b style=\"color: #ffffff\">JACKED BASEBALL<\/b><\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-17 fusion-text-no-margin\" style=\"--awb-text-color:#ffffff;--awb-margin-top:10px;--awb-margin-right:10px;--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-left:10px;\"><p>Jacked Baseball debuted in 2024 with the creation of the Northern Nut Smugglers team of celebrity influencers playing against the Kalamazoo Growlers All-Stars in an innovative exhibition game.<\/p>\n<p>The game features a new format and rules with rosters featuring celebrities, influencers with combined 50M+ followers, former MLB players, college baseball all-stars and more.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">TikTok star\u00a0<u>Frankie Lapenna<\/u>\u00a0(16 million), the\u00a0<u>Momentum Sports team<\/u>\u00a0(1 million), baseball personality\u00a0<u>Stephen Schoch<\/u>\u00a0(250 thousand),\u00a0<u>Allen Ferrell<\/u>\u00a0(4 million),\u00a0<u>brendenlmao<\/u>\u00a0(6.4 million),\u00a0<u>Matt Wurning<\/u>, (1 million),\u00a0<u>Keegan Kevesdy<\/u>\u00a0(2.4 million),\u00a0<u>Lou Balance<\/u>\u00a0(500 thousand),\u00a0<u>Austin Schultz<\/u>\u00a0(200 thousand),\u00a0<u>1hunnaG<\/u>\u00a0(650 thousand),\u00a0<u>Tucker Genal\u00a0<\/u>(2 million),\u00a0<u>Carson Genal<\/u>\u00a0(2 million) and more.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Momentum Sports team featured Eric Sim aka King of JUCO, Tosh Semlacher, Cole Acheronti, Marika Lyszczyk, Kevin Chan and more.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Growlers All-Stars roster featured 6x MLB All-Star and 2x World Series champion <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/josecanseco?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/josecanseco?lang%3Den&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1715894287244000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0WQleU2mbQkvMdnDtGj9pf\"><u><b>Jose Canseco<\/b><\/u><\/a>. 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