2007 Promotions Part 1

A few of the teams have announced promotions for the upcoming season and here are some that I found interesting

• Eau Claire, July 14, Turn Back the Clock Night, Eau Claire will be wearing replica jerseys of the 1952 Eau Claire Bears and will be playing against Duluth in their replica 1961 Duluth Dukes jerseys. It will be sponsored by RCU.
• Eau Claire, July 25, Mini Bats will be given out sponsored by Diversified Mortgage Services.
• La Crosse, June 7, Country singer Michael Martin Murphy will be performing sponsored by Panera Bread/City Brewery/CC106.3.
• La Crosse, June 14, Let's Make A Deal night sponsored by State Bank Financial.
• La Crosse, June 16, ZOOPERSTARS LIVE will be performing.
• La Crosse, July 25, Jake and the Elwood Blues, the Blues Brothers.
• La Crosse, August 7, Baseball Card Giveaway sponsored by COCA-COLA AND THE EAGLE 102.7 KQEG.
• Rochester, June 8, Championship Logo Baseball Night presented by the American Dairy Association and Newstalk 1340 KROC AM.
• Rochester, June 15, Championship Logo Glass Night presented by Budweiser and KXLT FOX 47 TV.
• Rochester, June 29, Plunger Night presented by Mr. Rooter Plumbing - Free Plungers for first 500 Fans. I have never heard of a plunger giveaway before.
• Rochester, July 16, Championship Cap Night presented by Yellowbook USA and KXLT FOX 47 TV.
• Rochester, August 3, LOGO GLOVE NIGHT presented by C.O. Brown Insurance FREE Baseball Gloves for the first 500 Kids 12 and Under.
• Rochester, August 7, Team Trading Card Night presented by Pepsi and 106.9 KROC.

New Loggers for 07

Dallas Baptist University will have three players playing for the Loggers this summer. RHP Victor Black was drafted in 41st round by Mets out of high school and has struck out 42 in 37 innings this spring. Evan Bigley was hitting .304 through 3/15 and has played mostly in the outfield. INF Trevor Head has two HR this season.

Three players from Southern Miss will also be making the trip north this summer. OF Luke Adkins was named last year to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American team. OF Bo Davis currently has a five game hitting streak. INF Brian Dozier is hitting .338 and has started every game at SS. Brian was also named to the Freshman All-American team last year.

La Crosse also has signed a couple of freshman from Arizona, LHP Paul Bargas and C Dwight Childs. Dwight has thrown out over half of those attempting to steal on him this spring. Paul has struck out 9 and only walked one this spring.

INF/RHP Cole White leads Army in most offensive categories and has 16 strikeouts in 16 innings as a pitcher this spring.

INF Sawyer Carroll has 11 doubles and 21 walks to go along with his .378 average this season for Kentucky.

San Diego State INF Troy Hanzawa is hitting .333 and has stolen 4 bases this spring.

Former high school teammates Brett Jackson and Greg Redig are both seeing some action during their freshman campaigns at California.

Others signings announced by La Crosse so far are Evansville LHP/1B Tristan Facer, Lamar LHP Justin Walker, and Northern Iowa C Jeremy Weih. Walker has struck out 11 in 8.1 innings this spring. Jeremy is hitting .273 and has caught four stealing.

La Crosse

La Crosse has announced 9 players that will be returning this summer led by 06 team MVP Jesse Hart.

• INF Jesse Hart is leading UW-Milwaukee with a .342 average through 9 games. Also returning from UW-Milwaukee will be RHP Dan Luczak, who went 6-3, 2.76 last summer for the Loggers.

• UNLV INF Willie Bowman played for LaCrosse in 05 but missed last summer with an injury. Willie has been HBP a team high 4 times this spring. Son of former major league player and manager Bob Brenly, C Michael Brenly is leading UNLV with 18 RBI this spring.

• Two RHPs from Winona State will be returning this summer. Bryan Ruff was 1-0, 2.08 in 6 games with La Crosse last summer. Don Erdall was 4-3, 1.19 and had 2 saves last year for the Loggers. Both are off to good starts this spring with Winona State.

• RHP Adam Dominick has struck out 10 and only given up one earned run in 10 innings this spring at UW-Whitewater.

• Spencer Lucian is hitting .300 in three starts in the OF for Princeton. He played in both the infiled and outfield last season.

• OF Jim Viscomi led La Crosse last summer with 14 steals. Jim is hitting .344 and leading Evansville with 8 steals this spring.