MOORHEAD, Minn., July 17, 2025 – With the 2025 American Affiliation of Skilled Baseball (@AA_Baseball) All-Star Sport and related occasions set for Monday and Tuesday in Fargo, N.D., there’s a lot occurring across the league. All common season video games within the MLB Accomplice League, plus Monday’s All-Star Abilities Competitors/Residence Run Derby and Tuesday’s All-Star Sport stay free for dwell viewing on AABaseball.television.
Listed below are 10 (or so) Issues to Know in regards to the AAPB this week:
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- The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks celebrated a franchise milestone earlier than Sunday’s sport towards the Sioux Falls Canaries even started, as the 5,000,000th fan handed by way of the turnstiles. Jeremy Dirksen of Spicer, Minn., had the excellence. He and his spouse Ali entered Newman Out of doors area to observe their son, Drey, a catcher for the visiting Sioux Falls Canaries. The RedHawks joined the Northern League in 1996 after a 35-year absence of professional baseball from the area and moved to the AAPB for the 2011 season.
- Lincoln Saltdogs infielder Spencer Henson and Sioux Metropolis Explorers starter Jared Wetherbee gained the AAPB’s Carbliss batter and pitcher of the week for the week ending Sunday. Henson was the main run producer this week, driving in 10. He went 9-for-23 (.391) on the week with 4 residence runs along with 4 walks and eight runs scored, whereas Wetherbee went six innings of 1 run ball in a win on the street at Kansas Metropolis, then adopted that up with seven innings of 1 run ball in Cleburne.
- A take a look at the new AAPB Energy Scores has Sioux Metropolis (39-22, 1st place, West Division) remaining within the lead, with Kansas Metropolis (37-24, 2nd West) rising one spot to No. 2, Chicago (35-26, 2nd East) holding at No. 3, Lake Nation (34-24, 1st East) slipping to fourth, and Sioux Falls (35-25, 3rd West) down one slot to No. 5.
- The Pius IX Excessive Faculty Class of 1968 used a Lake Nation Dockhounds sport as a excellent place for a reunion that helped greater than 30 graduates maintain a mass 75th party on Monday.
- AAPB video games are excellent for enterprise gatherings too, as organizations just like the Affiliation of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Manitoba Chapter know. AFP Canada has deliberate a retreat for its members on the Winnipeg Goldeyes sport subsequent Friday, July 25, vs. Chicago at Blue Cross Park.
- Talking of enterprise, Sioux Metropolis’s Lewis and Clark Park will host the Iowa Excessive Faculty Athletic Affiliation Baseball Match starting on Monday, which officers word will probably be an financial boon to the area.
- Cleburne additionally introduced a brand new sponsorship with Bailey & Galyen, considered one of Texas’ largest and most-respected shopper legislation companies. The deal consists of signage and advertising activations at La Moderna Discipline.
- On Friday, the Lincoln Saltdogs are reworking into the Lincoln Waltdogs and gifting away one $10,000+ Magical Household Getaway. The evening may also embody fireworks after the sport and a Waltdogs Jersey public sale with proceeds to learn Homer’s Heroes. Giveaway features a customized six-day, five-night journey to Orlando to a sure Magical theme park, lodging, and expense cash.
- The Lake Nation Dockhounds continued their Legends Sequence that includes 1982 Brewers on Monday when Robin Yount returned to the dugout on a one-day teaching contract, greeted followers, signed autographs and posed for photographs. Fellow Corridor of Famer Ted Simmons concludes the collection on August 4.
- Colleges are happy with their AAPB All-Stars, as North Dakota State (Parker Hurt) and Louisburg (Trendon Craig) are amongst these celebrating their alternatives on their respective Athletics web sites to this point.
- A few of this week’s notable promotions throughout the league embody:
- Army Appreciation Night time is ready for tonight in Kane County, the place the Cougars will put on specialty jerseys to be auctioned to learn Salute Inc. The crew can also be partnering with Midwest Shelter for Homeless Veterans to “cram the van” with home goods.
- The Chicago Canines say “Aloha” on Hawaiian Luao Theme Night time Saturday. Followers are inspired to put on Hawaiian shirts and grass skirts at Affect Discipline. E-book ‘em, Doggo!
- Friday is kind of “Midway to Halloween,” so why not rejoice in full? The catchers gained’t be the one ones in masks because the Ghouls and Goblins will probably be out in full drive at Gary SouthShore.
- Holidays not fairly out of season proceed on Saturday with “Christmas in July” in Kansas Metropolis.
- The Sioux Metropolis Explorers mix Tagalongs and Padawans with a twin Woman Scout Night time and Star Wars Night time on Saturday.
- Media curiosity in AAPB stays robust. Among the current articles on groups embody:
Concerning the American Affiliation
The American Affiliation of Skilled Baseball (www.aabaseball.com and www.aabaseball.television) is a Main League Baseball Accomplice League that operates in 9 states and one Canadian province. Shaped in 2006, the league consists of twelve member golf equipment with many starting play in 1993. By the tip of 2024, over 59 gamers with American Affiliation expertise had made their debut with MLB golf equipment after having first performed within the American Affiliation.
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