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Kalamazoo, MI — The Northwoods League has announced the participants for the 2023 Northwoods League Great Lakes All-Star Home Run Challenge which will take place the day before the Northwoods League Great Lakes All-Star game on Monday, July 24 at Turtle Creek Stadium in Traverse City, Michigan.<\/p>\n

Nine participants from each division of the Great Lakes have been chosen for the event which will feature a nine-inning competition. Casen Taggart will represent the Growlers in the competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Home Run Challenge Participants<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Great Lakes East<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\nGreat Lakes West<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roman Kuntz<\/td>\nKokomo Jackrabbits<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRyan Sprock<\/td>\nMadison Mallards<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Glenn Miller<\/td>\nTraverse City Pit Spitters<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBrendan Bobo<\/td>\nWisconsin Rapids Rafters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Casen Taggart<\/strong><\/td>\nKalamazoo Growlers<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nDalton Pearson<\/td>\nWausau Woodchucks<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Parker Brosius<\/td>\nTraverse City Pit Spitters<\/td>\n<\/td>\nOwen Jackson<\/td>\nMadison Mallards<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tyler Minnick<\/td>\nTraverse City Pit Spitters<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJack Gurevitch<\/td>\nWisconsin Rapids Rafters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fischer Pyatt<\/td>\nBattle Creek Battle Jacks<\/td>\n<\/td>\nCarlos Hernandez<\/td>\nGreen Bay Rockers<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nick DeMarco<\/td>\nRockford Rivets<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJesse Donohoe<\/td>\nWausau Woodchucks<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lance Trippel<\/td>\nKenosha Kingfish<\/td>\n<\/td>\nJoJo Jackson<\/td>\nGreen Bay Rockers<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Karson Hesser<\/td>\nKokomo Jackrabbits<\/td>\n<\/td>\nColin Brueggeman<\/td>\nWausau Woodchucks<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The format for the Home Run Challenge is below:<\/p>\n

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  1. There will be 9 innings with each player having one half inning.<\/li>\n
  2. Away team (Great Lakes West) player bats first in the top of the inning, and home team player next (Great Lakes East) in the bottom half of the inning.<\/li>\n
  3. Each player will receive 2 minutes, 30 seconds to hit as many home runs as they can during their turn.<\/li>\n
  4. Each player will be allowed one timeout that they can take at any time during their 2:30, should they choose.\u00a0 Timeouts will be thirty seconds in length.<\/li>\n
  5. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Should any contestant hit back-to-back home runs, they will be granted an additional :30 of time that will be added on after their original 2 minutes has completed and they take a :30 break.\u00a0 No timeouts will be granted during the bonus time session.<\/li>\n
  6. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Team that hits the most Home Runs will be declared the NWL Great Lakes HR Challenge Team Champions.<\/li>\n
  7. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The Individual who hits the most home runs will be declared the NWL Great Lakes HR Challenge Individual Champion.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The 2023 Northwoods League Great Lakes All-Star Game will take place in Traverse City, Michigan, at Turtle Creek Stadium, home of the Traverse City Pit Spitters on Tuesday, July 25 at 7:05 PM. The game will also air on ESPNU.<\/p>\n

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    The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Now in its\u2019 30th<\/sup>\u00a0season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 24 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 325 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 (NYM), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and World Series Champion Chris Sale (BOS). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019\/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2021 All-Star, MLB Gold Glove winner and 2019 Second Team All-MLB shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website at\u00a0watchnwl.com<\/a>\u00a0and on ESPN+. For more information, visit\u00a0www.northwoodsleague.com<\/a>\u00a0or download the Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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