2020 Minor League Baseball Season Shelved

New York-Penn League will not hold contests in 2020, though Renegades expect Dutchess Stadium to host multiple events in its absence

WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY – On Tuesday, June 30th, the Major League Baseball informed the Minor Leagues that the 2020 season will not take place. This includes the 2020 Hudson Valley Renegades’ campaign, which would have featured 38 scheduled home games at Dutchess Stadium.

“These are unprecedented times for our country and our organization as this is the first time in our history that we’ve had a summer without Minor League Baseball played,” said Minor League Baseball President & CEO Pat O’Conner. “While this is a sad day for many, this announcement removes the uncertainty surrounding the 2020 season and allows our teams to begin planning for an exciting 2021 season of affordable family entertainment.” 

“Minor League Baseball is known for many things, but entertainment is at the top of the list,” said Renegades President/General Manager Steve Gliner. “While it’s unfortunate our fans won’t be able to see professional baseball this year, we plan on bringing the same energy and entertainment that we do during the baseball season to the Dutch this summer. Our hard-working staff will rise to the challenge for our community, making sure the gates are open with the familiar sights and sounds of our ballpark.”

The summer schedule features multiple youth camps including baseball, softball, lacrosse and soccer. Registration for these camps is still available, and further information can be found by visiting www.renegadesbaseballcamps.com. In addition to our enhanced camp schedule, the Renegades will host multiple high-profile amateur baseball events at The Dutch throughout the summer.  

Finally, the Renegades are bringing back a fan favorite and Goldklang Group exclusive, Bobblection, in advance of the 2020 election.  More information regarding how fans can get their hands on these collectibles will be released later in the summer.

Naturally, all events are subject to both local and team adherence to COVID-19 safety protocols. 

For further information related to events and opportunities at Dutchess Stadium, fans can visit hvrenegades.com and follow the team on social media @hvrenegades.

RENEGADES TO HOST MULTIPLE INSTRUCTIONAL SPORT SUMMER CAMPS FOR KIDS

Summer camps for kids to begin at Dutchess Stadium in early July, registration is now open.

WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY – The months of July and August and summer camps have always been synonymous with one another, and the Hudson Valley Renegades are ready to bring a fun and exciting slate of day camps to residents of the entire region. The Renegades will be hosting a full schedule of sports camps at Dutchess Stadium this summer, including baseball, softball, lacrosse and soccer themes.

“With a number of camps in the area not operating and with NYS allowing camps to open, we felt compelled to find a way to host even more camps than we would in a traditional summer. We know that kids have been at home for several months and are looking to enjoy the summer months outside. We have a great venue here at Dutchess Stadium and our staff has put together a tremendous schedule of camps for the next two months,” said Steve Gliner President & General Manager of the Renegades.

The Full Camp Schedule is as follows:

July 6 – July 9	Classic Baseball Camp
July 13 – July 17	Advanced Baseball Camp
August 3 – August 4	Softball Prospect Clinics
August 10 – August 12	Baseball Pitchers & Hitters Camp
August 17 – August 20	Lacrosse Camp
August 24 – August 27	Soccer Camp

Classic and Advanced Baseball, Lacrosse & Soccer Camps will run Monday through Thursday from 10:00am-4:00pm. Fridays will act as a make-up date if weather affects one of the originally scheduled camp days. Baseball Pitchers & Hitters Camp will be hosted in two sessions per day, Pitchers Camp from 10:00am-1:00pm and Hitters Camp from 2:00pm-5:00pm. All campers will receive a camp t-shirt, Renegades hat, four tickets to the 2021 season and will be provided lunch each day. Softball Prospect Clinics are single day clinics for softball players part of the 2021-2025 graduating classes; clinics will max out at 36 participants per day and operate from 9:00am-4:00pm.

Throughout each camp, the Renegades will take extra precautions to address the safety of their campers by following the health and specific camp guidelines set forth by New York State, the CDC and the Department of Health. 

“The health and safety of campers, their families and our staff are of the utmost importance. We have limited the number of participants per camp, adjusted the traditional camp structure and put protocols in place to ensure the cleanliness of our facilities,” Gliner said.

To learn more about the Renegades summer sports camps and to register, please visit www.renegadesbaseballcamps.com. Additional questions can be answered by calling the Renegades Office at (845) 838-0094.

KPMG Women’s PGA Championships  set to re-air on GOLF Channel & NBC   Major championship victories by Brooke Henderson, Danielle Kang, Sung Hyun Park and Hannah Green to be showcased this week   PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (June 24, 2020) - In celebration of its original 2020 dates, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship will take a look back at the past four editions. GOLF Channel and NBC are set to air the final rounds from 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 beginning on Thursday, June 25 and concluding on Sunday, June 28.    The 2020 KPMG Women’s PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pa., was rescheduled due to concerns surrounding COVID-19. The Championship is slated for October 6-11, provided it is safe and responsible to do so at that time.   Full Schedule (all times ET) Thursday, June 25 on GOLF Channel, 7:00a - 10:00a --- 2019 Final Round (Hannah Green) Friday, June 26 on GOLF Channel, 7:00a - 10:00a --- 2018 Final Round (Sung Hyun Park) Saturday, June 27 on NBC, 2:00p - 5:00p --- 2017 Final Round (Danielle Kang) Sunday, June 28 on NBC, 3:00p - 6:00p --- 2016 Final Round (Brooke Henderson)   The encore airings on NBC will be hosted by NBC Sports’ Dan Hicks and feature enhanced interviews with players recounting their respective paths to victory. In addition, several interviews will be published across KPMGWomensPGA.com and Championship social platforms, including conversations with KPMG U.S. Chairman and CEO Lynne Doughtie, Aronimink PGA Head Professional Jeff Kiddie, past champions and other stars of the game. Reigning champion Hannah Green and KPMG Deputy Chairman and Chief Operating Officer P. Scott Ozanus will also appear on SiriusXM’s PGA of America Radio hosted by David Marr III today at 3p ET.   2016 Recap - Sahalee Country Club, Sammamish, Wash. Brooke Henderson of Canada fended off No. 1-ranked Lydia Ko with a birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to collect her first major title. Entering the final round trailing Ko by two strokes, Henderson fired a bogey-free 65, including a clutch birdie on her 71st hole to force the playoff.   2017 Recap - Olympia Fields (Ill.) Country Club Danielle Kang of the United States earned her first major victory, holding off the defending champion Henderson by one stroke. The 2016 champion applied pressure on Kang with a pair of birdies to close her final round, but Kang responded with a 72nd-hole birdie to claim victory in style.    2018 Recap - Kemper Lakes Golf Club, Kildeer, Ill. Sung Hyun Park of South Korea rose to the top by defeating So Yeon Ryu and Nasa Hataoka in a two-hole playoff. Park and Ryu each birdied the first playoff hole, while Hataoka’s par knocked her out of contention. Park proceeded to birdie the second playoff hole by sinking a 10-foot putt for her second major championship victory.   2019 Recap - Hazeltine National Golf Club, Chaska, Minn. Hannah Green of Australia went wire-to-wire for her first major championship win. Green struggled at the halfway point of her final round with bogeys on 9, 11 and 12, but a timely birdie on the 16th and a clutch up-and-down from the bunker for par on No. 18 sealed a one-stroke victory over the defending champion Park.   One of the LPGA’s five majors, the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship is a collaboration of the PGA of America, LPGA and KPMG, and focuses on the development, advancement and empowerment of women. The event is held in conjunction with the KPMG Women’s Leadership Summit, which will now be held on Wednesday, October 7.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL TO START JULY 23

Major League Baseball has officially announced a plan to return to play that features players reporting for training by July 1, leading up to a proposed 60-game regular-season schedule anticipated to begin on July 23 and 24.

“Major League Baseball is thrilled to announce that the 2020 season is on the horizon,” Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement. “We have provided the Players Association with a schedule to play 60 games and are excited to provide our great fans with Baseball again soon.”

The decision was reached Monday by a unanimous vote of the 30 MLB clubs under the terms of the March 26 agreement struck by the league and the MLB Players Association that came after Spring Training camps were shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The league asked the MLBPA to confirm that players could report to training camps by July 1, which the union agreed to on Tuesday. MLB is working with a variety of public health experts, infectious disease specialists and technology providers on a comprehensive approach that aims to facilitate a safe return.

Players will undergo COVID-19 testing upon arrival, then begin workouts if they test negative. Players, coaches and support staff will be tested for COVID-19 every other day during training camps, the regular season and postseason. Anybody testing positive will be quarantined. Two negative tests are reportedly required for a return. Players will also receive temperature/symptom checks at least twice per day, and antibody testing will be conducted approximately once per month.

MLB has submitted a 60-game regular-season schedule for review by the Players Association. In order to mitigate travel, the schedule would include 10 games for each team against its four divisional opponents, along with 20 games against the opposite league’s corresponding geographical division (for example, the AL East will play the NL East, and so on

For the vast majority of teams, Spring Training 2.0 will be held in the clubs’ Major League ballparks, as recent spikes of the coronavirus in both Florida and Arizona caused all 30 spring facilities to be shut down for deep cleaning.

Pitchers and catchers will report first, followed by position players. Teams will be allowed to invite 60 players to big league camp, with only those players eligible to play during the season. Each team’s 60-man list must be submitted by Sunday afternoon. Teams will have the ability to send up to 20 players who are not on the 40-man roster to an alternate site.

The designated-hitter rule will be used in both leagues in 2020, part of the league’s health and safety protocols for this season.

Several other rules will be instituted during this shortened season:

• Teams will open the season with a 30-man active roster; it will be reduced to 28 players after two weeks, then to 26 after four weeks.
• The Trade Deadline will be Aug. 31.
• To be eligible for the postseason, a player must be added to the Major League roster by Sept. 15.
• Teams will be permitted to carry up to three taxi-squad players on the road during the season, though if a team carries three such players, one must be a catcher.
• During extra-inning games in the regular season, each half-inning will begin with a runner on second base. The batter who made the final out in the previous inning (or a pinch-runner for that batter) would be that runner.
• There will be a 10-day injured list for both pitchers and hitters, though the 60-day IL will be reduced to a 45-day IL.
• There will be a separate IL for players who either test positive or have symptoms/confirmed exposure to COVID-19. There is no maximum or minimum days for this IL.
• MLB’s transaction freeze, which has been in place since the season was suspended, will end on Friday at 12 p.m. ET.
• In addition to COVID-19 testing every other day, some other health precautions are as follows: Team personnel and players not likely to participate in the game (for example, the next day's starting pitcher) will be sitting in the stands or another area designated by the club, at least six feet apart; non-playing personnel will wear masks in dugout and bullpen at all times; no spitting or chewing tobacco (gum is permitted); no celebratory contact (high-fives, fist bumps, hugs, etc.).

Players will be paid a full prorated portion of their 2020 salary based on games played, which will equal approximately 37 percent for the full season.

PBA League Expands With Two All-Female Teams

The PBA League is set to expand again and this time it will happen in historic fashion.

The PBA announced Tuesday it will add two teams made up entirely of women to the 2020 PBA League and will hold a special draft to determine the team rosters.

The Miami Waves, coached by PBA champion Bob Learn Jr., and the Phoenix Fury, coached by PWBA great Kim Terrell-Kearney, will be the first all-female teams in PBA League history.

The special draft will take place July 7 at 4 p.m. Eastern live exclusively on FloBowling. Each team will draft five players from a pool of the top 35 players from the 2019 PWBA Tour points list.

While it will mark the first time the PBA League has all-female teams, it will not be the first time women have competed in the league since it was established in 2013.

Kelly Kulick competed for the NYC KingPins, Liz Johnson for the Portland Lumberjacks and Danielle McEwan for the Motown Muscle. None of the current team rosters have any female bowlers.

The 2020 PBA League competition was originally scheduled to be held in July but due to the coronavirus pandemic has been postponed. The PBA has said the event will take place this year at Bayside Bowl in Portland, Maine, and will make an announcement soon.

Two other expansion teams, the Brew City Ballers and Las Vegas High Rollers, were added to the league for 2020. Those teams already filled out their rosters as part of the 2020 PBA League Draft that was conducted in May.

With 12 teams now, the PBA League will be broken up into two six-team divisions.

The Carter Division will feature the Dallas Strikers, Philadelphia Hitmen, Brooklyn Styles, Silver Lake Atom Splitters, Las Vegas High Rollers and Phoenix Fury.

In the Anthony Division, the NYC Kingpins, Motown Muscle, Portland Lumberjacks, L.A. X, Brew City Ballers and Miami Waves will battle.

Women’s Teams Draft Eligible Players

Here are the players eligible to be drafted, made up of the top 35 from the 2019 PWBA points list.

Pos	Player	Points
1	Shannon O'Keefe	148,125
2	Danielle McEwan	117,085
3	Dasha Kovalova	109,970
4	Liz Johnson	84,325
5	Clara Guerrero	83,190
6	Jordan Richard	80,795
7	Missy Parkin	78,512.5
8	Liz Kuhlkin	77,650
9	Stefanie Johnson	74,945
10	Maria José Rodriguez	70,170
11	Bryanna Coté	69,135
12	Shannon Pluhowsky	67,480
13	Cherie Tan	66,875
14	Josie Barnes	62,310
15	Tannya Roumimper	60,780
16	Birgit Poppler	55,905
17	Diana Zavjalova	55,047.5
18	Valerie Bercier	52,162.5
19	Kelly Kulick	50,420
20	Sydney Brummett	50,325
21	Verity Crawley	48,815
22	Giselle Poss	44,000
23	Sandra Gongora	43,402.5
24	Shayna Ng	42,550
25	Julia Bond	40,970
26	Erin McCarthy	37,300
27	Rocio Restrepo	36,065
28	Ashly Galante	33,680
29	Jen Higgins	32,705
30	Gazmine Mason	32,570
31	Lindsay Boomershine	31,370
32	Daria Pajak	30,845
33	Jodi Woessner	29,395

Dates, Contenders Set For PBA King Of The Lanes

When it was announced the PBA King of the Lanes was returning in July, it was assumed reigning king Wes Malott would be back to defend his crown.

Malott will indeed be back, but he will face a monumental test from established pros, rising stars, hall of famers and PWBA players if he wants to keep his perch.

The PBA announced the field of contenders along with broadcast details Thursday for another prime-time special event. The King of the Lanes will take place July 20-22 with six hours of live shows on FS1 (United States) and FloBowling (international).

During the original run of the PBA King of Bowling in 2009, Malott had an undefeated five-day run as the king and bowled two televised 300 games during that stretch. There have been other iterations of the King series and Malott has successfully defended his crown each time.

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The first King of the Lanes show, which will air July 20 at 8 p.m. Eastern, will feature bowling legends Norm Duke and Walter Ray Williams Jr. facing off in the contenders match for the right to take on Malott.

On the second show (July 20, 9 p.m. Eastern), Anthony Simonsen and EJ Tackett will battle in the contenders match taking on the reigning king, which will be either Malott, Duke or Williams.

Bill O’Neill will face Sean Rash in the contenders match on the third show (July 21, 7 p.m. Eastern) for the right to challenge the king. On the fourth show (July 21, 8 p.m. Eastern), Jakob Butturff and Clara Guerrero will face off as contenders.

The final night of broadcasts will see Kris Prather take on Gazmine Mason on July 22 at 8 p.m. Eastern for the right to battle the king. The final contenders match will showcase Kyle Troup against Pete Weber on July 22 at 9 p.m. Eastern.

All matches will be traditional 10-frame bowling games to determine winners.

The PBA King of the Lanes will be the back portion of a six-day stretch of live televised bowling. The PBA Tour Finals will take place July 18-19 on CBS Sports Network (United States) and FloBowling (international).

PBA King of the Lanes 

All times Eastern

Monday, July 20

King of the Lanes 1 – 8-9 p.m.Contenders match: Norm Duke vs. Walter Ray Williams Jr.
King match 1: King Wes Malott vs. contenders match winner

King of the Lanes 2 – 9-10 p.m.
Contenders match: Anthony Simonsen vs. EJ Tackett
King match 2: Winner from King 1 match vs. contenders match winner

Tuesday, July 21

King of the Lanes 3 – 7-8 p.m.Contenders match: Bill O'Neill vs. Sean Rash
King match 3: Winner from King 2 match vs. contenders match winner

King of the Lanes 4 – 8-9 p.m.
Contenders match: Jakob Butturff vs. Clara Guerrero
King match 4: Winner from King 3 match vs. contenders match winner

Wednesday, July 22

King of the Lanes 5 – 8-9 p.m.
Contenders match: Kris Prather vs. Gazmine Mason
King match 5: Winner from King 4 match vs. contenders match winner

King of the Lanes 6 – 9-10 p.m.Contenders match: Kyle Troup vs. Pete Weber
King match 6: Winner from King 5 match vs. contenders match winner