Records Fall, Community News: Ten Things to Know in the American Association This Week

MOORHEAD, Minn. - Aug. 15, 2024 - PRLog -- The American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) season edges towards the playoffs, beginning Sept. 4. All AAPB games are available for free live viewing at aabaseball.tv (https://www.aabaseball.tv/).

Here are 10 (or so) Things to Know about the AAPB this week:

• The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks held "DUI Enforcement All-Stars Night" on Tuesday at Newman Outdoor Field, partnering with the North Dakota Association of Counties/Vision Zero (https://www.ndaco.org/programs_and_services/vision_zero/). The team honored 21 law enforcement officers.
• The RedHawks were also busy in other community endeavors, teaming with The Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota (BCBSND) Caring Foundation (https://www.valleynewslive.com/2024/08/13/bcbsnd-caring-foundation-raises-over-22000-nexus-path-family-healing/) alongside the Bismarck Larks, Minot Hot Tots and Badlands Big Sticks on a $22,900 donation to Nexus-PATH Family Healing.
• The Kansas City Star posted this piece (https://www.kansascity.com/sports/article291035980.html) on the Monarchs duo of Ross Adolph and Connor Curlis, who reunited on the team after having competed against each other since their preteen years.
• Adopt A Minor Leaguer, a grassroots program that helps support players chasing their big league dreams, is running a fundraiser in support of the Sioux City Explorers.
• Kane County entertained their largest crowd of the season last Thursday, rallying for an exciting 9-7 win over Milwaukee in front of an announced attendance of 8,786 (https://www.dailyherald.com/20240808/kane-county-cougars/...).
• The Cougars proved to be a road draw the next night when they visited the Gary SouthShore RailCats. A sellout crowd of 6,244 watched the home team take an exciting 3-2 win (https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/railcats-record-a-sellout-in-fridays-win-over-kane-county/n-6136151).
• The career record for the most stolen bases in Sioux Falls Canaries history now belongs to Wyatt Ulrich (Baudette, Minn.) with 77.
• On Monday, the Chicago Dogs' Joey Marciano (Carbondale, Ill.) set the team single season saves mark with his 19th in a 6-4 win over Kane County. His baseball journey was chronicled in the Chicago Sun Times (https://chicago.suntimes.com/high-school-baseball/2024/08/12/chicago-dogs-joey-marciano-a-clemente-product-has-pitched-all-over).
• On August 7, three members of the Lake Country DockHounds didn't just save a baseball game-they potentially saved a man's life as well.Read more here (https://oursportscentral.com/services/releases/trio-of-dockhounds-unite-as-good-samaratins/n-6134967).
• A Sioux Falls area native got a call to the Majors, in a way, as Janice Gilbert, a teacher at Tea Area HS, just southwest of the city, sang "God Bless America" on Sunday at Minnesota's Target Field.
• Last week we reported that Taylor Swift fans had another reason to cheer on the Kansas City Monarchs in Style, with a theme night on Saturday rebranding the club the Kansas Swiftie Monarchs. Let's just say fans know All Too Well that it was a Love Story, and though the Lincoln Saltdogs played the Anti-Hero, beating the home team, 5-4 (https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article290942989.html), Kansas City was able to Shake it Off and win, 2-1, on Sunday.