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Hamburg turns moderate
season into state trip
By Jarrod Peterson
The Hamburg Hawks had a middle-ofthe-road type of season in 2015. They finished with a record of 9-12, good for fifth
place in the South Division of the Crow
River Baseball League.
Their season came to an end Aug. 22,
2015, when they fell to the Chokio Coyotes
by a score of 8-2 in a playoff game in Cold
Spring.
As a team, the Hawks held a batting
average of .226, placing them 12th in the
league, and had a team earned run average
of 4.04, eighth in the league.
Justin Perlich and Scot Arganbright

led the Hawks at the plate, as they batted
.394 and .393, respectively. Perlich finished
third in the league in runs scored (26), and
Arganbright drove in 18 runs, putting him
eighth in the league.
Brandon Buesgens brought the power
to the Hawks’ lineup, as he smacked three
home runs and also scored 16 runs. Clint
Aretz drilled six doubles, tying him for
eighth.
On the mound, the Hawks were paced
by Alex Kroells, who had the team’s lowest ERA at 3.41 in 33 innings pitched. The
Hawks finished the season with 122 strikeouts and 106 walks.

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Baseball: My Pastime
By Jarrod Peterson
While baseball might not be America’s pastime anymore, it still brings me back to the
days when I was a lot younger and attending games at The Metrodome in Minneapolis.
There really is no bond like the one a father and son share while at a baseball game.
I remember spending many Saturday nights out in the $10 leftfield seats during the
Twins’ years of American League Central Division dominance.
Saturday nights was always a big draw, too, and the games were always great.
I remember having a birthday party there on Cristian Guzman bobblehead night as
Barry Zito, of the Oakland Athletics, pitched against my favorite team.
The Twins won that night, and I think Corey Koskie and Jacque Jones both hit homeruns.
Growing up I played a lot of baseball. I really started to love it when we were allowed to
pitch starting in fourth grade. Up to that point, it was either t-ball, parents’ pitch, or pitching machine.
I remember many nights spent on the diamond, as the sun would set beyond the trees,
signaling to us that we better hurry up to finish that inning, because we weren’t allowed to
play under the lights.
While football and basketball eventually replaced baseball, the game gave me a lot of
memories that I will remember forever. I probably should have kept playing.
I didn’t realize one day the Minnesota Twins would need a left-handed closer.
Woulda, shoulda, coulda.

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Congratulations to Plato and
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1st and 2nd place finishes in the
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