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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 2019 DIVISIONS

MOORHEAD, MN -- The Lincoln Saltdogs will be seeing a familiar face a little more frequently in the 2019 season. The American Association recently announced the new divisions for the 2019 season.  The alignment stays mostly the same but accounts for the subtraction of the Wichita Wingnuts and the addition of the Milwaukee Milkmen.  The [...]

2018-10-29T09:10:03-05:00November 1st, 2018|

SALTDOGS HOSTING LEAGUE MEETINGS

LINCOLN -- The Lincoln Saltdogs are hosting the 2018 American Association league meetings this week. The annual meetings rotate through cities in the league.  This year’s gathering is at The Graduate hotel in Lincoln. “We are excited to showcase the city of Lincoln to officials from all the teams in our league,” President/GM Charlie Meyer [...]

2018-10-03T12:41:13-05:00October 3rd, 2018|

SALTDOGS COLLECT TALENTED GROUP OF PLAYERS TO COMPLETE EARLIER TRADES

LINCOLN, NE – The Lincoln Saltdogs announced today that the team received two players from the Wichita Wingnuts and two players from the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks to complete earlier trades.  Wichita sent outfielders Angel Reyes (pronounced ON-hell) and Zach Nehrir (pronounced NAIR-ee-er) to Lincoln while Fargo gave right-handed pitchers Travis Ballew (pronounced BUH-lew) and Geoff Broussard [...]

2018-09-17T09:20:31-05:00September 14th, 2018|

HAYMARKET PARK PICKED AS ‘FIELD OF THE YEAR’ FOR THE 18TH STRAIGHT SEASON

LINCOLN, NE – The Lincoln Saltdogs and the American Association jointly announced today that Haymarket Park is the league’s ‘Best Playing Field’ for 2018.  Haymarket Park has been the Field of the Year for all 18 seasons of its history.  The league’s field managers and media personnel vote on the award. Athletic Turf Manager Jeremy [...]

2018-09-14T09:11:37-05:00September 10th, 2018|

SEASON RECAP: THIRD STRAIGHT WINNING SEASON MARKED BY GREAT MOMENTS

LINCOLN, NE – The 2018 Lincoln Saltdogs season was another successful edition of “America’s Pastime” in the capital city.  Outstanding moments and a third-straight winning season marked the 18th summer of pro baseball at Haymarket Park. “Haymarket Park was full of energy in 2018 because of our talented players and the exciting promotions organized by [...]

2018-09-17T09:20:46-05:00September 7th, 2018|

CURT SMITH NAMED AMERICAN ASSOCIATION PLAYER OF THE MONTH

LINCOLN, NE – Hopefully Curt Smith had some empty space in his trophy case.  Last week fans chose the Lincoln Saltdogs infielder as the team MVP, Monday the league picked him as an All-Star and today the league announced him as the American Association’s Player of the Month for August. The slugger continues to rack [...]

2018-09-04T14:21:55-05:00September 4th, 2018|

CURT SMITH CHOSEN AS A POSTSEASON ALL-STAR

ROSEMONT, IL – The Lincoln Saltdogs and the American Association jointly announced today that Saltdogs Designated Hitter Curt Smith is an All-Star.  The league’s media and field managers choose the All-Star team. The sixth-year Saltdog had a milestone season in 2018.  He led the team in hits (115), RBIs (74) and extra-base hits (44) while [...]

2018-09-04T15:16:24-05:00September 3rd, 2018|

SALTDOGS HIT FOUR HOMERS AND SPLIT DOUBLEHEADER WITH DOGS

ROSEMONT, IL – The Lincoln Saltdogs (51-48) blasted four home runs over two games and picked up a split of a doubleheader against the Chicago Dogs (45-54) on Sunday. With their four homers, the Saltdogs passed the 2017 St. Paul Saints and the 2014 Laredo Lemurs to move into fourth place in single-season home runs [...]

2018-09-04T15:17:56-05:00September 2nd, 2018|