ValleyCats season starts this week
The Joe.
The Tri-City ValleyCats open their 2013 season tonight (Monday) at The Joe versus the Vermont Lake Monsters. They have a three game series with the Lake Monsters, then they hit the road. They'll be back in town June 26 for a long home stand.
The ValleyCats are a farm team for the Houston Astros in the New York-Penn League, which is the "short-season A" level. (Minor league baseball's levels go from rookie ball up to AAA.) And while that's a far throw from the majors, a bunch of ValleyCats have ended up making appearances in MLB -- including Hunter Pence and Ben Zobrist. The Astros had the top pick in this year's draft and took Stanford pitcher Mark Appel -- it'll be interesting to see if he ends up spending any time with the ValleyCats. (He's a four-year college player who's expected to be in the majors soon, so he might start at a higher level). Alas, the immortally-named Stubby Clapp has moved on from the manager's position.
Tickets for ValleyCats games start at $5.50 if you buy ahead of time, so it can be a cheap night out. And, of course, this being minor league baseball, there are a bunch of promotions and theme nights -- everything from 50 cent hot dog night to "bark in the park" (dog night) to bobblehead night. Let's face it: minor league baseball, wherever you go, is sort of a come-for-the-baseball-stay-for-the-zaniness kind of thing. Nothing wrong with that.
At the ballpark with AOA: There are just a few spots remaining for AOA's night at the ValleyCats June 26. We've lined up a luxury box and food -- and one person will get to throw out a first pitch. Tickets are $20.
Yep, the ValleyCats advertise on AOA.
Earlier on AOA: How to win a mayors race at The Joe
photo courtesy of Tri-City ValleyCats
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The SLATER has partnered up with the Tri-City Valley Cats!
The local minor league baseball team has created a ticket portal for our crew; the ship will receive a portion of the proceeds of every ticket sold using that portal!
We have chosen two specific games:
July 5th, Veterans Night and August 20th, Beach Party Night!
All you have to do, is choose one or both dates and use the following link to purchase your tickets:
http://tv1.glitnirticketing.com/tvticket/web/logingroup1.php?refresh=password = slater
All tickets sold are for a reserved seating area, so share with your friends and family but most importantly wear your SLATER hats and shirts to the game!
... said uss slater on Jun 17, 2013 at 3:50 PM | link