Avon Lakers @ Marshall A’s

On June 27th, the Avon Lakers traveled down to Marshall, MN to play an exhibition game against the Marshall A’s at Legion Field. It’s the first long road trip for the Lakers since 1995, my first year with the Lakers. It was a gorgeous night and a great baseball game in an extremely nice park.

We took a bunch of photos and some videos while there.

Here is a rundown of the starting lineups…

Jimmy “Matt” Meyer

Bryce “Tyner” Rushmeyer

The Rick

A tribute to the Oak Ridge Boys. If you listen closely you can hear me sing along to this classic country song.

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Fantasy Baseball Owner Rips Team In Media

Here is an article from The Onion about a Fantasy Baseball owner ripping his club.

Dets, I think your squad Suck It needs similar treatment. I can call for a press conference for 5:15pm Today @ the Buckhorn if you’d like???

Being a Chris Young (on the DL after being hit in the face on a come-backer) owner myself I found his comments about him fitting:

“Toughen up, you little baby,” Mendicus said. “You don’t throw with your face, do you? I already got Phil [Hughes] in the DL slot, so you better get your *** back in action.”

Newspaper Article in Marshall Independent

There was a nice article about our game in the Marshall Independent from our Friday night game.

Coming soon…photos and video of our trip!!!!

Results of the 2008 Annual Laker Raffle

The 4 $25 Winners:

• Dee Moriarty
• Troy Wunderlich
• Jon Douvier
• Mike Suchy

The 2 $50 Winners:

• Jim Pietrowski
• Suds Salzman

The $150 Winner:

• Cliff Borgerding

The GRAND PRIZE $400 Winner:

• Krista Sauerer

Thank you to all those who participated!

Ball Girl Makes Incredible Catch

Based on the title, I thought this video was going to be a Timmy Schmitt sighting.

 

This is obviously fake!

Congrats Coach Kalthoff

Congratulations to Dave Kalthoff on being named Victory League’s Player of the Week after going 6 for 6 with 4 RBIs in the Avon Lakers 12-7 win over Holdingford.

St. Cloud Times’ Area Player of the Year

Congrats to the Avon Lakers own Kurt Schlangen who was named the St. Cloud Times Player of the Year. Here’s the story…

Good Luck Jordan!

The Lakers would like to wish Jordan Bredeck good luck before he departs on his tour to Africa with the Marines. Stay safe and thanks for all you do!

Milwaukee, here I come!

It’s that time of year again, time for my annual trip to Milwaukee for the Twins and Brewers series.  If you haven’t been able to be a part of this series, or any series in which you can enjoy some tailgating with friends and perhaps watch a baseball game, you definitely should start a tradition.  For the last 5 years I’ve attended this series with a group of friends and although the participants vary from year to year, the end result is always the same; we have a great time.  I’m sure this trip will lead to many stories, and some potential blogs in the future, so stay tuned.  The intent of this entry though, is to see what baseball road trips you all have taken?  Also, what kind of yearly traditions are you involved in (baseball games, Beer Can Tosses, etc.)?  If you haven’t posted before now is the perfect time.  Let us know your traditions or fantastic baseball trips.  If nothing else it will allow you to remember those times again, and it could provide an idea to someone else, so they can start a tradition of their own.

 

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A combined effort by the Lakers got us today’s post on Straight Cash Homey with the sweet kid wearing the Onterrio Smith jersey. However, I am super bummed that Smitty McDeters did not get full credit in the “Found by”.

If my memory servers me correct, this photo was taken at this years High School graduation ceremony @ AHS.

[EDIT: Photo was actually taken at the LPGE graduation ceremony. Which is a missed opportunity on my part to say "Found by Smitty McDeters in Longs Prairie, MN". Bummer!]

In the voice of Ric Flair, “Woooooooo!”