Northwoods Kalamazoo Growlers

Kalamazoo Growlers Salute to Selfie Night Garners

Published on July 24, 2014 under Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Kalamazoo Growlers News Release


Kalamazoo, Mich - The Kalamazoo Growlers lost a 7-5 contest to the Wisconsin Woodchucks tonight. The Growlers Salute to Selfie Night garnered heavy attention across the internet and throughout different social mediums.

Back in March, the Growlers allowed fans to submit selfies to create the first ever selfie jersey, it was then featured in Sports Illustrated. Over 300 fan selfies were used to create a mosaic effect on the jerseys.

The selfie jerseys were worn during the game by Growlers players and auctioned off to fans during the game.

The Growlers selfie jerseys were mentioned and covered by a number of different national sports media outlets such as Bleacher Report, MLB Fan Cave, Fox Sports Detroit, SB Nation, and ESPN Sports Business Reporter Darren Rovell.

The Growlers (8-11) fell short to the Woodchucks (13-8) in a hitting parade between both teams. The first 17 hits of the game between both teams were all singles until Woodchuck Paul DeJong (Illinois State) hit a home run over the Miller Lite Party Zone.

Defensively, the Growlers were solid. Their infield turned a season high five double plays. The Growlers lead the Northwoods League in double plays.

Kalamazoo Growlers Notables:

SP, Greyson Granger (Kalamazoo Valley Community College): 3.1 IP 8 H 5 ER

2B, Justin Fletcher (Northern Illinois): 1-for-4 2R 1HR 1RBI

The Growlers head into the second game of their four game homestand on Friday, July 25th at 7:05 p.m. against the Woodchucks.

The Kalamazoo Growlers are a member of the finest developmental league for elite college baseball players, the Northwoods League. Playing its 21st season of summer collegiate baseball, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 18 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 115 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (DET) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (CWS), Jordan Zimmermann (WAS), Curtis Granderson (NYM), Allen Craig (STL) and Ben Zobrist (TB). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League YouTube channel. For more information, visit http://www.growlersbaseball.com. Follow the team on Twitter at @kzoogrowlers.

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