{"id":3394,"date":"2014-06-01T18:57:05","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T18:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/?p=3394"},"modified":"2014-06-01T18:57:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-01T18:57:05","slug":"whats-happening-with-the-growlers-june-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/whats-happening-with-the-growlers-june-1\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s happening with the Growlers \u2014 June 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<strong>Kalamazoo, Mich. &mdash;&nbsp;<\/strong>June 1 is Eaton&#039;s Family Funday Sunday at Homer Styker Field, where the Kalamazoo Growlers take on the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters at 5:05. As part of Superhero\/Supervillain Night, presented by Pure Green Lawn, kids 12 and under who wear costumes to the game receive a complimentary ticket. And I hear that a few real-life superheroes will be making an appearance in the second inning&#8230;&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe first 500 fans to the game will also receive a drawstring backpack, presented by Crown Trophy.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe Growlers will take on the Rafters for the second time in as many days. Saturday&#039;s game ended in a 14-7 victory for the Growlers, with Nick Yarnall (Pittsburgh) going 3-for-4 with a three-run home run and earning Northwoods League Player of the Night honors. You can watch the game live at youtube.com\/NorthwoodsLeague and follow along on Twitter @kzoogrowlers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<em><span style=\"font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 14px;line-height: 20px\">The Kalamazoo Growlers are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Playing its 21st season of summer collegiate baseball, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 18 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, more than 115 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (DET) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (WAS), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Allen Craig (STL) and Ben Zobrist (TB). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League YouTube channel. &nbsp;For more information, visit http:\/\/www.growlersbaseball.com. &ndash; See more at: http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/2014\/05\/30\/growlers-topple-bombers-with-help-of-four-run-fourth\/#sthash.zxREeXtm.dpuf &#8211; See more at: http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/kalamazoo-growlers\/2014\/06\/01\/bats-stay-hot-as-growlers-smoke-rafters\/#sthash.gE5KDFZ2.dpuf<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kalamazoo, Mich. &mdash;&nbsp;June 1 is Eaton&#039;s Family Funday Sunday at Homer Styker Field, where the Kalamazoo Growlers take on the  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":3395,"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":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-team-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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