{"id":25770,"date":"2021-06-04T23:09:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T03:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=25770"},"modified":"2021-06-04T23:09:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T03:09:13","slug":"batavia-muckdogs-opening-night-sights-and-sounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/06\/04\/batavia-muckdogs-opening-night-sights-and-sounds\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Muckdogs opening night sights and sounds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lKj219yokKY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Video of opening night 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Batavia Muckdogs played their 2021 home opener at Dwyer Stadium on Friday night, their second game in the PGCBL collegiate league against the Elmira Pioneers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Players signed autographs and chatted with fans at the 3rd base line and the crowd experienced five opening pitches from City Council President Eugene Jankowski, City Councilpersons Bob Bialkowski , John Canale and Assemblyman Steve Hawley along with Sabres great Ric Seiling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The highlight first pitch came from above, a helicopter flown by Peter Zeliff lowered to the field where Donnie Nichols tossed the ball to his Dad, Robbie Nichols, who made a great catch. Robbie&#8217;s wife, Nellie, then completed the final pitch to home to kick off the 2021 Muckdogs season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, the Muckdogs lost to Elmira 9-7 and are now 1-1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Muckdogs are back in action on Saturday June 5th and will play the Jamestown Tarp Skunks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Batavia Muckdogs played their 2021 home opener at Dwyer Stadium on Friday night, their second game in the PGCBL collegiate league against the Elmira Pioneers. Players signed autographs and chatted with fans at the 3rd base line and the crowd experienced five opening pitches from City Council President Eugene \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2021\/06\/04\/batavia-muckdogs-opening-night-sights-and-sounds\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25772,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[1682],"class_list":["post-25770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-batavia-muckdogs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-6HE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":75751,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2026\/05\/30\/batavia-the-perfect-night-for-a-home-opener-at-dwyer-stadium-as-the-muckdogs-win-big-12-1-over-elmira\/","url_meta":{"origin":25770,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/The perfect night for a Home Opener at Dwyer Stadium, as the Muckdogs win big 12-1 over Elmira","author":"aka","date":"May 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"After their come from behind win last night over Elmira, 9-6, the Muckdogs continued their winning ways during their Home Opener at Dwyer Stadium on Saturday evening, winning 12-1. 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