Fond Du Lac Baseball to Hold Groundbreaking Ceremony
October 31, 2016 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers News Release
FOND DU LAC, WI - Fond du Lac Baseball will have a ceremonial groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of the renovation project at Herr-Baker Field on the campus of Marian University on Tuesday, November 1 at 3:00pm.
Herr-Baker Field will be the home of the Fond du Lac franchise in the Northwoods League. The team begins play in May of 2017.
Those in attendance for the ceremony include representatives of the Fond du Lac Baseball Club, Marian University, CR Structures, the City of Fond du Lac, and Fond du Lac Baseball Founding Partners (Agnesian Health, Summit Automotive, TLC Sign, and Horicon Bank).
There will be brief comments before the ceremony and representatives from the various organizations will be available to the media after the groundbreaking takes place.
For more information on the event, please contact Ryan Moede at rmoede@fonddulacbaseball.com.
The Fond du Lac Baseball Club is a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. The 23-year-old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 20 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, more than 160 former Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Lucas Duda (NYM) and Ben Zobrist (CHC). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League portal. For more information, visit www.fonddulacbaseball.com or download the new Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play and set Fond du Lac as your favorite team.
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