The Duluth front office has announced it will hold a pre-game ceremony to retire the green-and-white number 1, most famously worn for 14 seasons by former catcher Pat Holman. The ceremony will be held a hour before gametime on Opening Day. Festivities are expected include appearances from other former Warriors such as current Madison hitting […]
December 25, 2021; Duluth, MN – Surprise! Dave Barker is back! OK, not BACK back (wouldn’t that be splendid). But he is back with the organization that drafted him fourth overall a decade ago and with which he won nearly 100 PEBA games. With the recent reassignment of Cade Phillps to Single A Rapid City, […]
November 28, 2021 – Duluth, MN: Duluth General Manager Bill McKenzie announced on Saturday that AAA Madison pitching coach Cade Phillips has been demoted to the Single A Rapid City staff after an altercation with new Madison manager Eduardo Francisco overnight. Reports from sources close to the team note that the staff was on a […]
by Olaf Halvorsen, Unga Bunga Senior Blogologist – What do you get when you mix a baseball team, smoked eel, and a rebel with a cause? The 6th annual Bong Aid benefit, of course. Warriors owner Jason Bong again held the event at the Bong estate outside of Duluth to support World War II Veterans […]
Super agent Boris Cott has officially fired the first salvo in negotiations with the Duluth Warriors over the contract extension of all-star pitcher Dave Barker. “It is very simple,” explained Cott in a recent BTN interview. “The Warriors need to put their money where their mouths are. Dave Barker is one of the game’s premier […]