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College summer leagues are starting soon, and your Forest City Owls kick off the season with an exhibition game on Memorial Day and the regular season starting on Thursday, May 28.

Vol DJ McDowell will be toeing the rubber for the Owls this summer, continuing for I think the 12th year of the Tennessee-Forest City connection. Hopefully another UT guy will make it our way later on. Also, former Vol Stratton Scott is returning for a second summer with us.

Once the college postseason is over, we should have about 14 returning players from last year’s squad that lead us to the championship series.

Forest City, NC is a great place. Friends call it a modern day Mayberry. As in years past, if you want to come to a game, let me know here. If I’m not there, I can leave tickets at will call. If I am there, we’ll have a beer together.

There are some years on it, but here’s a video of our ballpark, McNair Field:


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@1RBFjr said:
College summer leagues are starting soon, and your Forest City Owls kick off the season with an exhibition game on Memorial Day and the regular season starting on Thursday, May 28.

Vol DJ McDowell will be toeing the rubber for the Owls this summer, continuing for I think the 12th year of the Tennessee-Forest City connection. Hopefully another UT guy will make it our way later on. Also, former Vol Stratton Scott is returning for a second summer with us.

Once the college postseason is over, we should have about 14 returning players from last year’s squad that lead us to the championship series.

Forest City, NC is a great place. Friends call it a modern day Mayberry. As in years past, if you want to come to a game, let me know here. If I’m not there, I can leave tickets at will call. If I am there, we’ll have a beer together.

There are some years on it, but here’s a video of our ballpark, McNair Field:
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I meant to ask a while back and forgot. Have you all met the guys running the team in Zebulon?

I've kept up with them a little since the concept of fielding a team of all Australians is pretty interesting (given Liam Spence, Bazzana, etc). I have no idea how it will go for them, but there's definitely some talent that comes from over there.




And I'll go ahead and make this my annual pitch to anyone that happens to pass through this thread that college wood bat leagues are fantastic entertainment.

Great, close-up parks in cool towns. The CPL and Appy League are fantastic in our region. The Cape is a tradition for a reason.

Its one of the best ways to get out of the house and enjoy some baseball, ESPECIALLY if you're taking a family. If there's a better, more affordable entertainment value I'd like to see it.

In a way, it reminds me of going to games at (nicer, well kept) Bill Meyer and I mean that as a high compliment.
 
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WallyBalls said:
I meant to ask a while back and forgot. Have you all met the guys running the team in Zebulon?

I've kept up with them a little since the concept of fielding a team of all Australians is pretty interesting (given Liam Spence, Bazzana, etc). I have no idea how it will go for them, but there's definitely some talent that comes from over there.




And I'll go ahead and make this my annual pitch to anyone that happens to pass through this thread that college wood bat leagues are fantastic entertainment.

Great, close-up parks in cool towns. The CPL and Appy League are fantastic in our region. The Cape is a tradition for a reason.

Its one of the best ways to get out of the house and enjoy some baseball, ESPECIALLY if you're taking a family. If there's a better, more affordable entertainment value I'd like to see it.

In a way, it reminds me of going to games at (nicer, well kept) Bill Meyer and I mean that as a high compliment.
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Yes, they are in our league, so we know them. Everyone wants them to do well. They have a great facility, as they took over the Carolina Mudcats ballpark. They added turf to the field during the off-season to try to cut down on rainouts.

I did not know until lately there’s lots of Australian guys who play for American colleges. It’s great. I hope it grows the game.

And thanks for your plug to go see a summer league team, no matter where they are located. It’s affordable family fun.
 
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Yes, they are in our league, so we know them. Everyone wants them to do well. They have a great facility, as they took over the Carolina Mudcats ballpark. They added turf to the field during the off-season to try to cut down on rainouts.

I did not know until lately there’s lots of Australian guys who play for American colleges. It’s great. I hope it grows the game.

And thanks for your plug to go see a summer league team, no matter where they are located. It’s affordable family fun.
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That's pretty cool, i didn't connect that they had the Mudcats facility. I'm glad it will still be used.
 
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Where guys will be this summer is starting to come out.

Abernathy, Brown, Mack, Grindlinger, Appenzeller are all at the Cape. (The first 3 all on the same team).

Haas, Bishop, and EIsfelder will be in Johnson City in the Appy League.

Deering will be in the New England League.

I'm sure more to come.
 
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@1RBFjr said:
College summer leagues are starting soon, and your Forest City Owls kick off the season with an exhibition game on Memorial Day and the regular season starting on Thursday, May 28.

Vol DJ McDowell will be toeing the rubber for the Owls this summer, continuing for I think the 12th year of the Tennessee-Forest City connection. Hopefully another UT guy will make it our way later on. Also, former Vol Stratton Scott is returning for a second summer with us.

Once the college postseason is over, we should have about 14 returning players from last year’s squad that lead us to the championship series.

Forest City, NC is a great place. Friends call it a modern day Mayberry. As in years past, if you want to come to a game, let me know here. If I’m not there, I can leave tickets at will call. If I am there, we’ll have a beer together.

There are some years on it, but here’s a video of our ballpark, McNair Field:


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Go Owls!!
 
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WallyBalls said:
I meant to ask a while back and forgot. Have you all met the guys running the team in Zebulon?

I've kept up with them a little since the concept of fielding a team of all Australians is pretty interesting (given Liam Spence, Bazzana, etc). I have no idea how it will go for them, but there's definitely some talent that comes from over there.




And I'll go ahead and make this my annual pitch to anyone that happens to pass through this thread that college wood bat leagues are fantastic entertainment.

Great, close-up parks in cool towns. The CPL and Appy League are fantastic in our region. The Cape is a tradition for a reason.

Its one of the best ways to get out of the house and enjoy some baseball, ESPECIALLY if you're taking a family. If there's a better, more affordable entertainment value I'd like to see it.

In a way, it reminds me of going to games at (nicer, well kept) Bill Meyer and I mean that as a high compliment.
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Man, I spent a lot of evenings at Bill Meyer, watching baseball, getting dirty and playing cup hand ball with those wax Coca Cola cups!
Those were the days!
 
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CobbWebb71 said:
Man, I spent a lot of evenings at Bill Meyer, watching baseball, getting dirty and playing cup hand ball with those wax Coca Cola cups!
Those were the days!
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Keep an eye out on Facebook marketplace because people will sell seats out of Bill Meyer Stadium on occasion. In the past few months I’ve seen two listings.
 
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WallyBalls said:
Where guys will be this summer is starting to come out.

Abernathy, Brown, Mack, Grindlinger, Appenzeller are all at the Cape. (The first 3 all on the same team).

Haas, Bishop, and EIsfelder will be in Johnson City in the Appy League.

Deering will be in the New England League.

I'm sure more to come.
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Cash Williams will be in Kingsport in the Appy League. I know he's not "our guy" anymore, but he's still "my guy," so I'll be spending a lot of time with our Appy League friends this summer. And @1RBFjr, I'm going to come see those Owls at some point! Let's extend baseball season as long as we can, yeah?
 
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darsinewman said:
Cash Williams will be in Kingsport in the Appy League. I know he's not "our guy" anymore, but he's still "my guy," so I'll be spending a lot of time with our Appy League friends this summer. And @1RBFjr I'm going to come see those Owls at some point! Let's extend baseball season as long as we can, yeah?
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You know how to track me down- let me know 🙂
 
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Come on over. Recommendations of Scoop for ice cream, Slim’s for a burger (or the Hoot burger at Smith’s lunch counter). Let me know how to contact you and I’ll give you a pair of tickets.

Post game autographs for the kids. This is from Saturday.
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You are too kind!
We considered making the trip last year with my sons, but plans fell through.
Now this year the 13 year olds baseball schedule has hit overdrive and is eating up a lot of weekends!
 
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@1RBFjr said:
Come on over. Recommendations of Scoop for ice cream, Slim’s for a burger (or the Hoot burger at Smith’s lunch counter). Let me know how to contact you and I’ll give you a pair of tickets.

Post game autographs for the kids. This is from Saturday.
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I highly recommend it! It’s a lot of fun, great ballpark, awesome environment, and super cool town!
 
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CobbWebb71 said:
You are too kind!
We considered making the trip last year with my sons, but plans fell through.
Now this year the 13 year olds baseball schedule has hit overdrive and is eating up a lot of weekends!
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With enough planning, if he’s interested, we can see about him being a bat boy for a game. Of course he’s around college guys, so who knows what he might hear. OTOH, he might be too old where he is no longer interested.
 
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@1RBFjr said:
Come on over. Recommendations of Scoop for ice cream, Slim’s for a burger (or the Hoot burger at Smith’s lunch counter). Let me know how to contact you and I’ll give you a pair of tickets.

Post game autographs for the kids. This is from Saturday.
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How the hell can you pass up that deal, @CobbWebb71 ? 🤙🏼🧡😎
 
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