Green Bay Bullfrogs
Encyclopedia
The Green Bay Bullfrogs is a baseball
team that plays in the Northwoods League
, a collegiate summer baseball league. Their home games are played at Joannes Stadium
in Green Bay, Wisconsin
. The team joined the league as an expansion franchise for the 2007 season, along with the Battle Creek Bombers
.
by the Green Bay City Council on September 19, 2006 the Northwoods League
was awarded a franchise to begin play the following season. This allowed renovations to begin on Joannes Stadium
on September 20, 2006. Those renovations lasted through the Spring of 2007.
After winning game 1 of the division series in Eau Claire, the Bullfrogs returned to Joannes Stadium and lost games 2 and 3 thus ending an incredible Inaugural Season in the Northwoods League. The team still finished with a league leading 43-25 overall record that included a then league record 15 game winning streak and at one time during the season the Bullfrogs were ranked as high as #2 in the Nationally acclaimed "Summer 16" which ranks the top summer collegiate teams in he country. Three Bullfrogs players earned Post Season All-Star honors: Kurt Yacko, Danny Meier and Daniel Robertson. Robertson was also awarded with NWL CO-MVP honors. Field Manager Elliott Strankman was named the NWL Manager of the Year.
The second season for the Bullfrogs was another incredibly successful season. The team was in the playoff hunt until the final days of the season and finished with a very respectable record of 35-33. Off the field the Bullfrogs continued to build a substantial fan base setting numerous new attendance records capped off by a huge sell-out crowd of 2,319 (Capacity 2,000)
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
team that plays in the Northwoods League
Northwoods League
The Northwoods League is a collegiate summer baseball league comprising teams of the top college players from North America and beyond. All players in the league must have NCAA eligibility remaining in order to participate...
, a collegiate summer baseball league. Their home games are played at Joannes Stadium
Joannes Stadium
Joannes Stadium is a baseball stadium located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It is a part of the Joannes Park complex, which also includes the Joannes Aquatic Center. It is the home of the Green Bay Bullfrogs, a Northwoods League team that began play in 2007...
in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in and the county seat of Brown County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, located at the head of Green Bay, a sub-basin of Lake Michigan, at the mouth of the Fox River. It has an elevation of above sea level and is located north of Milwaukee. As of the 2010 United States Census,...
. The team joined the league as an expansion franchise for the 2007 season, along with the Battle Creek Bombers
Battle Creek Bombers
The Battle Creek Bombers are a baseball team that plays in the Northwoods League, a collegiate summer baseball league. All players on the team must have NCAA eligibility remaining in order to participate. Their home games are played at the C.O. Brown Stadium in Battle Creek, Michigan...
.
Baseball Returns to Titletown
With the approval of the lease on Joannes StadiumJoannes Stadium
Joannes Stadium is a baseball stadium located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It is a part of the Joannes Park complex, which also includes the Joannes Aquatic Center. It is the home of the Green Bay Bullfrogs, a Northwoods League team that began play in 2007...
by the Green Bay City Council on September 19, 2006 the Northwoods League
Northwoods League
The Northwoods League is a collegiate summer baseball league comprising teams of the top college players from North America and beyond. All players in the league must have NCAA eligibility remaining in order to participate...
was awarded a franchise to begin play the following season. This allowed renovations to begin on Joannes Stadium
Joannes Stadium
Joannes Stadium is a baseball stadium located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It is a part of the Joannes Park complex, which also includes the Joannes Aquatic Center. It is the home of the Green Bay Bullfrogs, a Northwoods League team that began play in 2007...
on September 20, 2006. Those renovations lasted through the Spring of 2007.
2007 season
The Green Bay Bullfrogs won the 1st half of the South Division in the Northwoods League. The first expansion team in the NWL's 14 year history to do so. They faced the Eau Claire Express in the 1st round of the playoffs. The Bullfrogs had home field advantage.After winning game 1 of the division series in Eau Claire, the Bullfrogs returned to Joannes Stadium and lost games 2 and 3 thus ending an incredible Inaugural Season in the Northwoods League. The team still finished with a league leading 43-25 overall record that included a then league record 15 game winning streak and at one time during the season the Bullfrogs were ranked as high as #2 in the Nationally acclaimed "Summer 16" which ranks the top summer collegiate teams in he country. Three Bullfrogs players earned Post Season All-Star honors: Kurt Yacko, Danny Meier and Daniel Robertson. Robertson was also awarded with NWL CO-MVP honors. Field Manager Elliott Strankman was named the NWL Manager of the Year.
2008 season
Beginning in the 2008 season, WNFL (1440 AM) became the flagship station for Green Bay Bullfrogs. WNFL airs the radio broadcast of each game, as well as 15 minute pre-game and post-game shows. The Bullfrogs announcer Matt Menzl does the play-by-play.The second season for the Bullfrogs was another incredibly successful season. The team was in the playoff hunt until the final days of the season and finished with a very respectable record of 35-33. Off the field the Bullfrogs continued to build a substantial fan base setting numerous new attendance records capped off by a huge sell-out crowd of 2,319 (Capacity 2,000)
External links
- Green Bay Bullfrogs - official site
- Northwoods League - official site