Northwoods Traverse City Pit Spitters

Private Lessons and Batting Cages Open for Rental

March 26, 2019 - Northwoods League (Northwoods)
Traverse City Pit Spitters News Release


Traverse City, MI - As baseball and softball season get ramping up, the Traverse City Pit Spitters batting tunnel is now available for rentals, private instruction and team practices. Private instruction will be provided by three former professional baseball players; Dan Rohn, Kendall Patrick and Kenneth Knudsen.

Dan Rohn played in the Major Leagues for three seasons. He was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the fourth round in 1977 and made his debut for the Cubs on September 2nd 1983. After two seasons in Chicago was traded to the Cleveland Indians. Dan spent 19 seasons as a coach in both the Major League Baseball and Minor League systems, before retiring from managing after the conclusion of the season last year.

Catcher Kendall Patrick draws from 8 years of post-high school baseball experience; including 2 years at The University of Michigan, as well as 4 seasons of professional experience with the Traverse City Beach Bums. As a two-year starter he helped the Wolverines to a Big Ten Conference appearance in 2014 and a Big Ten Conference Tournament Championship in 2015. In his four seasons in Traverse City, he became the only catcher in franchise history to catch four seasons racking up career leading numbers in games played, putouts, and fielding percentage.

Pitcher Kenneth Knudsen spent four years at Bryan College where he is the career ERA record holder with a 2.46 ERA. He was named the 2012 Appalachian Athletic Conference Freshman of the year and was selected to the 2014 AAC All-Tournament Team. He was also named the 2015 AAC Pitcher of the year. After college Kenneth went to the Alaska Baseball League and played one season for the Chugiak Chinooks. He then went to the Frontier League playing professionally for the Schaumburg Boomers for one season before signing with Traverse City in 2017 and 2018.

Lessons and cage rentals will be available, by appointment, Monday-Friday from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday by appointment.

Private Instruction Prices:

$45 per 1/2 hour per child

$75 per hour per child

Cage Rental Prices

$25 per 1/2 hour per cage

$50 per hour per cage

$100 per hour for entire facility

Visit www.pitspitters.com for more information and to schedule a lesson or reserve time in the cages.



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