Announcement
The West Allis Nationals Baseball Club held its 2008 Winter Planning Meeting recently:
Here are the 2007 Player Award Winners:
MVP: Jimmy Jungbauer
Veteran of the Year: James Herkowski
Rookie of the Year: Jeff Donovan (unanimous)
Neibauer Spirit Award: Andy Gerhartz
Kuenn Batting Award: Tom Donovan
Kuhnke Pitching Award: Jimmy Jungbauer
Also discussed were plans and schedules for the upcoming season.
Once again the team will host an Old Timers Game. This year's game will be held on Saturday May 10 at Harvey Kuenn Field at Rainbow Park in West Allis. First pitch is 1PM
The team's annual Road Trip will be Memorial Day weekend and the team will again play a Friday game in Menasha followed by a three game series in Manitowoc on Saturday and Sunday.
Regular Season play begins in Burlington on May 31 with the team playing a DH beginning at 6PM.
This year's All Star Game will again be held in Manitowoc. Those unable to attend in person will be able to catch the game on Time Warner Cable Sports, channel 32 in West Allis as well as other Time Warner markets.
Playoffs begin the week of July 26. A new stepladder format will be used with the league's champion earning a bye to the Championship Series.
