{"id":15142,"date":"2020-07-09T09:30:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T13:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/?p=15142"},"modified":"2020-07-09T09:40:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T13:40:25","slug":"games-back-on-in-sw-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/games-back-on-in-sw-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Games back on in SW Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kalamazoo, MI &#8211; <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0The Kalamazoo Growlers\/Mac Daddies and Battle Creek Bombers, in conjunction with the team\u2019s attorneys, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Willis Law, are pleased to announce that baseball will continue in Kalamazoo after a temporary interruption.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOn behalf of the baseball fans in our city, we are glad that the SW Michigan Pod of the Northwoods League is again able to provide a safe venue for community enjoyment during these difficult times,\u201d said Willis Law Managing Partner, Shaun P. Willis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe are committed to providing a safe venue for players, fans and staff as well as supporting the livelihood of our 80-100 staff members with our teams. I can\u2019t thank our local officials and Willis Law enough for getting this back on track,\u201d said Growlers Vice President Brian Colopy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Extensive communication with the Kalamazoo County Health Department, Sheriff\u2019s Department, and the Attorney General\u2019s office has resulted in the Kalamazoo Growlers obtaining clearance to proceed with its season as planned, subject to the restrictions within the applicable Executive Orders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tonight\u2019s game between the Kalamazoo Growlers and the Kalamazoo Mac Daddies will begin at<strong> 7:35pm.<\/strong>\u00a0 <strong>All games from July 9-12th will begin at 7:35pm as well.<\/strong>\u00a0 Fans that missed last night\u2019s game will be notified as to their new game later in the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Kalamazoo Growlers are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its 26th season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, over 230 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and World Series Champion Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and MLB All-Star Jordan Zimmermann (DET). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. All league games are viewable live via the<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/portal.stretchinternet.com\/nwl\/\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Northwoods League portal<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. For more information, visit<\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.growlersbaseball.com\/\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.growlersbaseball.com<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set the Growlers\u00a0 as your favorite team.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalamazoo, MI &#8211; \u00a0The Kalamazoo Growlers\/Mac Daddies and Battle Creek Bombers, in conjunction with the team\u2019s attorneys, Willis Law, are  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":13594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,15,380,142],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-permanentslider","category-team-news","category-the-hot-corner","category-update-ticker"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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