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It's All About the Fans: Blue Crabs Set Fan Fest for Saturday, April 12

Published on March 12, 2014 under Atlantic League (AtL)
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs News Release


WALDORF, MD- Paying tribute to the constant support from the Southern Maryland community, the Blue Crabs have announced plans for their annual Fan Fest set for Saturday, April 12th from 10am-2pm. With the 2014 season theme of "Your Town, Your Team," the 7th annual Fan Fest will be a Crustacean Celebration and include new interactive fan-friendly activities and our first ever Crustacean Nation Softball Faceoff. This year's event will also feature the 4th annual St. Charles Running Festival. The Crustacean Celebration is being made possible by Chick-fil-A and is completely FREE for all fans.

Along with live music and attractions around the ballpark, the Crustacean Celebration will give fans the chance to be up close and personal with their favorite players. Throughout the day, Blue Crabs players will be helping out at the various tables and booths along with working in the Blue Crabs box office and Crab Shack Team Store.

New manager, Lance Burkhart, will hold a "fans only" press conference on the concourse in which he will field all questions from the Crustacean Nation fans. Fans can use this as their opportunity to ask whatever they want and to get to know the new skipper of their hometown team.

Season ticket and mini-plan holders can get their hands on their ticket packages for the first time that day. Chick-fil-A Backfin Buddies members and Hearing Professionals Silver Sluggers members will also be able to pick up their ticket plans and merchandise at Fan Fest. The concession stands and Crab Shack will be open so that fans stock up on new Blue Crabs gear for the 2014 season.

New for the 2014 Fan Fest, the Blue Crabs will host the first ever Crustacean Nation Softball Faceoff. The Softball Faceoff will give 16 fans the opportunity to team up with Blue Crabs players and be coached by Jeremy Owens and Joe Gannon in a charity softball game. The first 16 fans to enter will be divided into two teams, one team coached by Owens and one team coached by Gannon. To sign up, fans are asked to make a donation of at least $35. With the $35 donation, fans will receive a spot in the softball game, (4) tickets to Opening Day at Regency Furniture Stadium, and on-field recognition during the Opening Ceremonies of the 2014 season on Thursday, April 24. The Blue Crabs will match the money raised by the two teams and donate the proceeds to a charity of the winning teams choosing. For more information on the Crustacean Nation Softball Faceoff and to sign up, please contact Kevin Kelley at 301-374-1136 or kkelley@somdbluecrabs.com .

"We were really going for something different this year when planning our fan fest. We wanted to go back to our roots and really appreciate the reason we were here, because of our fans. We truly want to make this a fest for our fans," said Assistant General Manager of Marketing & Special Events Courtney Knichel. "It will be a neat experience for all as the baseball players will be on the front lines doing everything from distributing season ticket packages, working in the Crab Shack, and selling ticket in the box office."

The box office at Regency Furniture Stadium will be open throughout the event, as April 12th will also mark the first day single-game tickets for all 70 Blue Crabs home games will go on sale.

Always an event for kids, this year's Fan Fest will be no exception. Kids can ride the bumper boats in Crabby Cove and play on the inflatables in the Stadium Kids Zone for absolutely FREE.

Fans will also have the first chance to meet the 2014 Blue Crabs Team in its entirety during the full team autograph session that will take place on the concourse at 11:30am.

For a fourth year in a row, the Blue Crabs Fan Fest will also feature the St. Charles Running Festival. The festival will consist of three different distances (10 miles, 5K, and a kids fun run) and proceeds from the event will benefit Special Olympics Maryland.

The festival will lead runners throughout the roads of Charles County with Regency Furniture Stadium serving as the focal point. The preliminary design of the scenic and mostly flat 10-mile course has runners starting at Regency Furniture Stadium, and then proceeding north up Piney Church Road, west on Billingsley Road, and south on St. Charles Parkway. The second half of the race continues south on Radio Station Road, east on to La Plata Road, then back on to Piney Church Road once again before finishing at the stadium.

The 5k course starts and finishes at the stadium and is a basic up and back loop on Piney Church Rd. The Chick-fil-A Kids Fun Run will be contained inside of the stadium. For more information or to register visit www.stcharlesrunfest.com or call (410) 605.9381.

For more information about the Crustacean Celebration Fan Fest at Regency Furniture Stadium presented by Chick-fil-A, contact Courtney Knichel at cknichel@somdbluecrabs.com or call 301-374-1130.

The Blue Crabs play 140 regular season games in the Atlantic League, considered the highest level of Minor League Baseball. Atlantic League players are "Major League ready" and in the last 15 years, over 600 players have graduated from Atlantic League clubs to Major League organizations, making the League a preferred route for experienced players to be scouted by Major League Baseball. The Blue Crabs play at Regency Furniture Stadium in Waldorf, Maryland. The franchise will look to open its 7th season on Thursday, April 24, 2014. Please call 301-638-9788 or visit www.SOMDbluecrabs.com for more information and to save your seat at the ballpark today!

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