There’s no fan limit and full concession stands return to Wildwood Park for Opening Day on Saturday..
The Sheboygan A’s also bring back essentially their entire roster from last year, so manager Tim Moyer has one sunny outlook.
“I think that this is going to be a really fun summer,” he said.
“If everybody stays healthy and we don’t win a lot of games this year, it’s going to be my fault. I’ll have to wear that one.”
Ross Krist is the reigning team MVP after leading the A’s last year in six offensive categories.
He was tops in batting aver age (.421), hits (53), doubles (10), stolen bases (9), runs (31) and at-bats (126).
Krist ranked second in walks (22), third in runs batted in (21), and only one teammate appeared in more games.
Another key returner is Josh Moses, who led Sheboygan in home runs (9) and RBI (24), and was second in runs (24) and hits (33).
“We have a good stable of guys (on offense),” Moyer said.
Pitching-wise, Eric Schmitz and Brad Rindfleisch are back after combining to go 11-0 last year.
Schmitz finished his eighth season by recording his 400th strikeout and now ranks sixth all-time among A’s pitchers.
He tossed four complete games in seven appearances and compiled a 6-0 record to go with a 1.47 earned run average.
Rindfleisch, 5-0, had an ERA of 1.43 after striking out a team-high 81 batters in just 50.3 innings.
Moyer can also count on South and UW-Milwaukee graduate Jared Reklaitis for a full season after making three starts a year ago.
“That’s going to help us a lot,” he said.
Last summer, 42 games were played and the pandemic delayed the start by two weeks. Sheboygan went 16-7 in the Wisconsin State League (24-18 overall) after beginning the campaign without any practice.
SCHEDULE
MAY
- 22 A’s Play Ball Tourney 11:00
- 23 A’s Play Ball Tourney 11:00
- 27 Kewaskum 7:30
- 30 Burlington (dh) 1:00
JUNE
- 1 at Green Bay 7:30
- 3 at West Allis 7:30
- 4 Appleton 7:30
- 5 Joliet (dh) 4:00
- 6 Joliet (dh) 1:00
- 8 Green Bay 7:30
- 9 at Burlington 7:30
- 12 Kenosha 11:00
- 12 Addison 5:00
- 13 Lombard 3:00
- 15 at West Allis 7:30
- 16 at Kewaskum 7:30
- 17 Menasha 7:30
- 18 River Falls 7:30
- 19 Chicago (dh) 2:00
- 20 Kenosha (dh) 1:00
- 22 at Appleton 7:30
- 23 Little Chute 7:30
- 24 WI Amateur Classic
- 25 WI Amateur Classic
- 26 WI Amateur Classic
- 27 WI Amateur Classic
- 28 at Menasha 7:30
- 29 West Allis 7:30
- 30 at Kewaskum 7:30
JULY
- 1 at Appleton 7:30
- 3 at Kenosha (dh) 2:00
- 6 Menasha 7:30
- 7 Green Bay 7:30
- 8 West Allis 7:30
- 10 Lombard (dh) 4:00
- 11 Lombard (dh) 1:00
- 13 at Green Bay 7:30
- 14 at Menasha 7:30
- 15 Kewaskum 7:30
- 17 at Addison (dh) 5:00
- 18 at Addison (dh) 1:00
- 20 Appleton 7:30
- 21 at Green Bay 7:30
- 22 at West Allis 7:30
- 25 at Burlington (dh) 1:30
- 27 Menasha 7:30
- 29 Green Bay 7:30
- 30 at Appleton 7:30
AUGUST
- 3-9 Class A State
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