{"id":2149,"date":"2009-07-15T17:48:06","date_gmt":"2009-07-15T17:48:06","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T05:00:00","slug":"rigginssettoshowcasepowerinnorthwoodsleaguehomerunderby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/madison-mallards\/2009\/07\/15\/rigginssettoshowcasepowerinnorthwoodsleaguehomerunderby\/","title":{"rendered":"Riggins set to showcase power in Northwoods League Home Run Derby"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"lazyload\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"longandriggins\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27537%27%20height%3D%27342%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20537%20342%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27537%27%20height%3D%27342%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/stories\/merch\/longandriggins.jpg\" width=\"537\" height=\"342\" \/><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">First baseman Harold Riggins (NC State) and former Mallards catcher Ben Long (UW-Milwaukee) were selected to the 2009 Northwoods League All-Star Team &amp; both will participate in the Home Run Derby set for Tuesday, July 21 at 3:00 p.m. (CST)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Madison, WI &#8211; July 14, 2009. Madison Mallards first baseman Harold Riggins (NC State) has been invited to participate in the 2009 Northwoods League Home Run Derby set for Tuesday, July 21 at 3:00 p.m. (CST) at Port Arthur Stadium in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Riggins has eight home runs and a league-leading 40 RBI on the season. He is just eight RBI short of tying the Mallards single-season RBI mark set by Rob Lyerly (Charlotte) a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Former Mallard catcher Ben Long (UW-Milwaukee) was also selected to play in the Mid-Season All-Star Game and will represent the Woodchucks in the home run competition as well.<\/p>\n<p>The competition will consist of two 10-out rounds with the top 4 home run totals advancing to the second round.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-person field (four from each division) will consist of: (subject to change)<\/p>\n<p>North Division:<br \/>(Name, NWL team, College, &amp; summer statistics)<br \/>Corey Jones, Rochester (Cal State Fullerton) &#8211; League-leading 12 home runs &amp; 28 RBI<br \/>Mike O&#8217;Neill, Alexandria (USC) &#8211; 4 home runs &amp; 14 RBI<br \/>Nick Longmire, St. Cloud (Pacific) &#8211; 4 home runs &amp; 21 RBI<br \/>Adam Courcha, Thunder Bay (New Mexico) &#8211; 2 home runs &amp; 9 RBI<\/p>\n<p>South Division:<br \/>Harold Riggins, Madison (NC State) &#8211; 8 home runs &amp; league-leading 40 RBI<br \/>Ben Long, Wisconsin (UW-Milwaukee) &#8211; 6 home runs &amp; 18 RBI<br \/>Riley Henricks, Green Bay (Portland) &#8211; 4 home runs &amp; 20 RBI<br \/>Aaron Gates, La Crosse (Pepperdine) &#8211; 4 home runs &amp; 22 RBI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First baseman Harold Riggins (NC State) and former Mallards catcher Ben Long (UW-Milwaukee) were selected to the 2009 Northwoods League  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archived-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.5 (Yoast SEO v26.5) - 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