{"id":55683,"date":"2024-08-09T13:35:06","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=55683"},"modified":"2024-08-09T13:35:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T17:35:06","slug":"batavia-muckdogs-2024-recap-of-season-and-events-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/08\/09\/batavia-muckdogs-2024-recap-of-season-and-events-to-come\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Muckdogs 2024 recap of season and events to come"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Press release<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:22% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"115\" height=\"95\" data-attachment-id=\"53106\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/05\/12\/batavia-muckdogs-announce-roster-moves-and-early-season-events\/team-logo_url-245271-batavia-muckdogs-1675189238533113596-large\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/team-logo_url-245271-batavia-muckdogs-1675189238533113596-large.png?fit=115%2C95&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"115,95\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"team-logo_url-245271-batavia-muckdogs-1675189238533113596-large\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/team-logo_url-245271-batavia-muckdogs-1675189238533113596-large.png?fit=115%2C95&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/team-logo_url-245271-batavia-muckdogs-1675189238533113596-large.png?resize=115%2C95&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53106 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Batavia, NY- <\/strong>The Batavia Muckdogs had an amazing season on the field, finishing first place overall in the West Division, and another amazing year off the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Muckdogs kicked off the season walking in the annual Batavia Memorial Day Parade during training camp.&nbsp; Players &amp; coaches visited local schools as well.&nbsp; Then the day before the season started the Muckdogs hosted a special meet &amp; greet at Eli Fish Brewing, where season ticket holders met the Muckdogs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the season kicked off the Muckdogs hosted over 500 youth baseball &amp; softball buddies during the year playing catch pre-game before games at Dwyer Stadium.&nbsp; The Muckdogs hosted Challenger Division Baseball for an incredible day as player &amp; coach buddies, assisting players with physical and intellectual challenges throughout the day. Dwyer Stadium along with Muckdogs staff and players hosted baseball training camps as well, throughout the season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Batavia Muckdogs teamed up with over 21 non-profits or charity organizations helping spread awareness and raise funds for their causes.\u00a0 Friday July 21<sup>st<\/sup> the Muckdogs hosted Strike-Out Cancer Night in partnership with Wilmot Cancer Institute.\u00a0 July 6<sup>th<\/sup> the Muckdogs hosted Military Appreciation Night with all veterans receiving free entry.\u00a0 Thursday July 18<sup>th<\/sup> the Muckdogs and Stop DWI teamed up to educated over 500 youth fans on driver safety. Then the Muckdogs closed out the regular season on July 28<sup>th<\/sup> collecting donations for the Genesee County Animal Shelter.\u00a0 Through the year the Muckdogs shared some great community programs with their Katie\u2019s Star Memorial Fund Night (assisting in organ donor recovery), Live Like Levi (St. Joseph\u2019s Schools), and First Responder Recognition (Honoring Genesee County Sheriff\u2019s Office Sgt. Thomas Sanfratello).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dwyer Stadium had some amazing visitors this season as well too.&nbsp; Buffalo Bills current rookie Guard Keaton Bills threw out a first pitch.&nbsp; Savannah Banana\u2019s dancing first baseman Maceo Harris entertained fans at a game in June. In honor of the 2024 Olympics Jana Kolukanova 2x Olympian in swimming (sprint freestyle) representing Estonia came for a special appearance &amp; first pitch as well.&nbsp; The Muckdogs also honored their baseball past hosting Batavia Clippers night with original 1939 Batavia Clipper Samuel \u201cSam\u201d Dretto son throwing out the first pitch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dwyer Stadium will host several events before closing for the summer. Saturday August 10<sup>th<\/sup> Casella will have a company picnic &amp; kickball game. Sunday August 25<sup>th<\/sup> the annual Battle of the Badges \u2013 Charity Softball Game (City of Batavia Police vs City of Batavia Fire).\u00a0 Then on Saturday October 19<sup>th<\/sup> Muckdogs Trick or Treat makes its return for the 4<sup>th<\/sup> straight year, a free event for the children of our community.\u00a0 The Batavia Muckdogs would like to thank their great community for all the support and are honored to keep the Batavia Muckdogs strong in our community.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2025 season tickets are on sale now starting as low as $99.\u00a0 If you are looking for tickets or to sponsor one of the upcoming events email General Manager (Marc Witt) <a href=\"mailto:mwitt.canusa@gmail.com\">mwitt.canusa@gmail.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release Batavia, NY- The Batavia Muckdogs had an amazing season on the field, finishing first place overall in the West Division, and another amazing year off the field.\u00a0 The Muckdogs kicked off the season walking in the annual Batavia Memorial Day Parade during training camp.&nbsp; Players &amp; coaches visited \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/08\/09\/batavia-muckdogs-2024-recap-of-season-and-events-to-come\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53107,"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":[8,1],"tags":[1682],"class_list":["post-55683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","category-uncategorized","tag-batavia-muckdogs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-eu7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66833,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/07\/batavia-muckdogs-2025-recap-and-events-to-come\/","url_meta":{"origin":55683,"position":0},"title":"BATAVIA\/Muckdogs 2025 recap and events to come","author":"aka","date":"August 7, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release The Batavia Muckdogs had an amazing season on the field, finishing first place overall in theWest Division regular season for the fourth consecutive season & won the PGCBL West DivisionChampionship in 2025. 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There will be fireworks after the game, presented by Graham Manufacturing. 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