Brown Earns League Honours
June 30, 2009 - Northern League (NL)
Winnipeg Goldeyes News Release
The list of Goldeyes attracting league attention continues to grow.
Extending his league-leading hit streak to 19 games while taking over the league lead in hitting, outfield Dee Brown was named on Monday as the Northern League Player of the Week for June 22-28. He is the third position player and sixth member of the Goldeyes to earn league honours this season.
Brown, 26, had a monster week, batting .500 (10/20) with three home runs, four runs scored and 10 driven in, fashioning .500 on-base and .950 slugging percentages for a mammoth 1.450 OPS. In doing so, he upped his batting average 22 percentage points to sit at a league-best .372 entering Monday action.
Showing the weekly award was well-deserved, not to mention his being named yesterday to play in the Northern League All-Star Game next week, Brown had two more hits Monday night as the league-leading Goldeyes dumped Schaumburg 7-5. He has now hit in 20-straight games, a streak that began June 5 and has seen his average climb 100 points to sit at .379.
Brown joins fellow position players Wes Long and Kevin West and pitchers Matt Davis, Bear Bay and Ace Walker as Goldeyes to be honoured by the league this year.
Winnipeg is back in action tonight against Schaumburg in the middle game of a three-game set. Come join us as we begin celebrating our country's birthday a day early with a fabulous fireworks display. Game time is 7:00 and great seats starting at just $5 and are available at all Ticketmaster locations, including the ballpark box office, by calling 780-3333 or visiting ticketmaster.ca.
Northern League Stories from June 30, 2009
- Throttled in Canada - Schaumburg Flyers
- Goldeyes Get Huge Victory - Winnipeg Goldeyes
- Hard-Hitting RedHawks Smash Way to 8-1 Win Over RailCats - Gary SouthShore Railcats
- Kansas City Returns to .500 with 5-4 Win - Kansas City Monarchs
- JackHammers Come Up Short - Joliet JackHammers
- Northern League All-Star Rosters Announced - Joliet JackHammers
- Seven RailCats Selected for Northern League All-Star Game - Gary SouthShore Railcats
- Nine Flyers named to All-Star Team - Schaumburg Flyers
- Knippschild Named Pitcher of the Week - Kansas City Monarchs
- Brown Earns League Honours - Winnipeg Goldeyes
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