The Battle Creek Bombers (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) have an interesting throwback night in the works, as they will play as the Michigan Battle Cats (Low A; Midwest League) on July 19. (more…)
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It’s Gun Season for These Two Summer-Collegiate Teams
It’s gun season in summer-collegiate ball, as the Battle Creek Bombers (Northwoods League) are encouraging fans to bring sidearms to C.O. Brown Stadium tonight, and the Springfield Sliders (Prospect League) are raffling off a rifle and a pistol as part of a promo Wednesday. (more…)
New Season, New Menu Items From Bombers
This season will bring about more unique food and beverage offerings from the Battle Creek Bombers (summer collegiate; Northwoods League). (more…)
Bombers to Wear Fruity Pebble Jerseys
Complete with a Fruity Pebbles-inspired jersey, the Battle Creek Bombers (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) will celebrate Cereal Night on July 9. (more…)
Bombers, Battle Creek extend C.O. Brown Stadium lease
The Battle Creek Bombers (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) will be playing out of C.O. Brown Stadium through at least 2021, as the team and the city agreed to a five-year lease extension. (more…)
Kalamazoo off to strong start in summer-collegiate ball
Fresh off setting a league record for the largest attendance total in a debut game, the Kalamazoo Growlers (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) are off to a strong start, as baseball returns to Homer Stryker Field. As you’ll recall, Stryker Field was home to independent Frontier League teams for several years, then sat empty after Kalamazoo […]
C.O. Brown Stadium renovations announced
They are long overdue: renovations to C.O. Brown Stadium, home to the Battle Creek Bombers (summer collegiate; Northwoods League), are set for the 2014 season. On the agenda: a new and improved outfield scoreboard to replace the current broken one, damaged by lightning during the 2013 season. The center-field fence will also be moved in […]
Personnel moves in Everett, Bowling Green, Battle Creek
Lots of personnel news for the Everett AquaSox (short season A; Northwest League), Bowling Green Hot Rods and Great Lakes Loons (Low Class A; Midwest League), Corpus Christi Hooks (Class AA; Texas League), Battle Creek Bombers and Waterloo Bucks (summer collegiate; Northwoods League). In Everett, Katie Crawford Woods has been named Assistant General Manager of […]
Kalamazoo, Northwoods League agree on Stryker Field lease
UPDATED: The Kalamazoo (Mich.) City Commission approved a lease with the summer-collegiate Northwoods League for Homer Stryker Field, former home to pro baseball in the city. The league has been working with the city on a lease proposal for several months, a process delayed by the appointment of a new parks and rec director in […]
Kalamazoo, Northwoods League negotiating Homer Stryker Field lease
Right on schedule: with the appointment of a new parks and rec director in Kalamazoo, the city is discussing a lease for Homer Stryker Field with the summer-collegiate Northwoods League. There had been talks between the league and Frances Jewell, outgoing parks and rec director, but the mutual decision was made not to pursue a […]
Northwoods League extends B.C. lease, eyes Kalamazoo
The summer-collegiate Northwoods League extended its C.O. Brown Stadium lease in Battle Creek and is looking at bringing a team to Kalamazoo’s Mayor’s Riverfront Park. The lease for the Battle Creek Bombers has been extended for five more years. Establishing the team has been an uphill battle: it sits outside the league’s main footprint in […]
New for 2012: Lakeshore Chinooks
A Mequon (Wis.) team co-owned by former Milwaukee Brewers greats Robin Yount and Bob Uecker, the Lakeshore Chinooks, will be entering the summer-collegiate Northwoods League in 2012. The team will play at Concordia University Wisconsin in Mequon, located north of Milwaukee. The team will be owned by Kapco Inc. of Grafton; Kapco is also building a […]
Bombers battle turf in most successful season ever
It’s been a successful season for the Battle Creek Bombers (summer collegiate; Northwoods League) both on and off the field, but there’s been one fly in the ointment: the turf at C.O. Brown Stadium is basically dead because of a groundskeeping error. Attendance is up 33 percent for Bombers games this season — at 1,052 […]