Loons drop series opener to Kings
July 31, 2007 at 4:53 pmGreat Lakes’ offense got cold on a hot night Monday as the Clinton Lumberkings defeated the Loons 8-3 in the first game of a four game series at Dow Diamond. Read→
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Dow baseball hosts Golf Classic
July 31, 2007 at 4:38 pmThe Midland Dow baseball program will be hosting the fifth-annual Hey Go Classic Golf Outing Saturday Aug. 4 at 10 a.m. at Sandy Ridge. Read→
Dow Diamond grounds crew gives Major League effort
July 31, 2007 at 2:43 pmKeith Winter is working on a walk-behind greens mower when he offers up his thoughts on his job and the people that do that job with him. “We’re all just a little bit nuts.” If you think he’s joking then you probably haven’t paid close enough attention to what some call the hardest working team at Dow Diamond. Winter is an assistant groundskeeper on a crew charged with overseeing one of the nicest Minor League ballparks in all of the country, and the work that goes into keeping the field immaculate is enough to drive anyone a little mad. Read→
Loons top Rattlers
July 30, 2007 at 3:37 pmThe Great Lakes Loons jumped out to an early lead and held on to beat the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Sunday by a score of 8-5. Read→
Loons let five-run extra-inning lead slip away in loss
July 25, 2007 at 11:40 amJust when Great Lakes thought they had put Beloit away Tuesday, the Snappers snapped back. The Loons scored five runs in the top of the 12th inning to break a 6-6 tie, but Beloit scored six in the bottom half of the inning to walk away with a wild 12-11 win. Read→
Loons fall in extra innings
July 24, 2007 at 1:09 pmSteve Singleton lifted a sacrifice fly down the left field line to score Chris Parmalee with the game-winning run in the bottom of the tenth inning Monday to give the Beloit Snappers a 7-6 victory over the Great Lakes Loons. Read→
Loons snap four-game skid
July 23, 2007 at 4:26 pmCarlos Santana drove home Josh Bell with the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning Sunday as the Loons topped the Beloit Snappers by a final of 6-4. Read→
Swing edge Loons 4-3
July 20, 2007 at 12:37 pmThe Great Lakes Loons were unable to get a big hit when they needed it the most Thursday night as they fell to the Swing of the Quad Cities by a score of 4-3. Read→
Swingin in the rain: Long ball propels Loons to victory
July 19, 2007 at 12:22 pmThe Great Lakes Loons got plenty of offense Wednesday and then Dow Diamond got plenty of rain as the Loons took care of the Swing of the Quad Cities by a score of 10-4. Read→
Swing pound Loons 13-7
July 18, 2007 at 10:08 amThe Great Lakes Loons got plenty of offense from Josh Bell, but the Swing of the Quad Cities got plenty of offense from everyone else as they pounded out 20 hits in beating the Loons 13-7 Tuesday. Read→
Loons waste comeback effort, fall to Bees 4-3
July 17, 2007 at 11:26 amThe Great Lakes Loons failed to capitalize on a golden scoring opportunity in the bottom half of the ninth inning to drop a heartbreaking 4-3 decision to the Burlington Bees Monday night at Dow Diamond. Read→
Bees sting Loons in ninth
July 16, 2007 at 2:11 pmA quality start from Josh Wall wasn’t enough on Sunday afternoon as the Great Lakes Loons fell to the Burlington Bees by a score of 7-5. Read→
Dressed for success: Loons’ employee brings passion to merchandise side of Minor League Baseball
July 10, 2007 at 3:26 pmThere is a different side to Minor League Baseball that most fans don't get to see, and Ann Craig takes that side very seriously. As the director of Retail Operations for the Great Lakes Loons, Craig brings a unique passion to the world of team merchandise that could help the Loons record some of the highest merchandise sales in all of the country. Read→
