News Talk KIT » minor league baseball http://newstalkkit.com Tue, 21 May 2013 22:57:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Hillsboro Gives Approval on Yakima Bears Move http://newstalkkit.com/hillsboro-gives-approval-on-yakima-bears-move/ http://newstalkkit.com/hillsboro-gives-approval-on-yakima-bears-move/#comments Wed, 27 Jun 2012 14:40:18 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=151710 It’s almost official: the Bears are leaving the Valley. The Hillsboro City Council held a special meeting Tuesday and approved a conditional license agreement with the Short Season, LLC, the owners of the Yakima Bears

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/hillsboro-gives-approval-on-yakima-bears-move/feed/ 0 kit.com Yakima Bears Will Honor Stadium Contract http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-bears-will-honor-stadium-contract/ http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-bears-will-honor-stadium-contract/#comments Thu, 07 Jun 2012 13:50:38 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=144241 Yakima County Commissioner Mike Leita does not anticipate any problems in releasing the Yakima Bears from the team's contract that runs through 2015. The Bears are set to move to Hillsboro, Oregon, next year after officials approved an agreement June 5 to build a new stadium for Single-A baseball

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-bears-will-honor-stadium-contract/feed/ 0 kit.com Trahan Is A First Round MLB Draft Pick http://newstalkkit.com/diamondback-picks-trahan-in-the-first-round-of-mlb-draft/ http://newstalkkit.com/diamondback-picks-trahan-in-the-first-round-of-mlb-draft/#comments Tue, 05 Jun 2012 14:00:18 +0000 Lance Tormey http://newstalkkit.com/?p=143297 The 2012 Major League Baseball First-Year Player’s Draft began June 4, and the Arizona Diamondbacks selected catcher Stryker Trahan 26th overall. Trahan is a six-foot-one high school player at Acadiana High School in Louisiana, where he bats left and throws right

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]]> http://newstalkkit.com/diamondback-picks-trahan-in-the-first-round-of-mlb-draft/feed/ 0 Yakima Bears 2012 Opening Day June 20th http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-bears-2012-opening-day-june-20th/ http://newstalkkit.com/yakima-bears-2012-opening-day-june-20th/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:52:52 +0000 KIT http://newstalkkit.com/?p=124974

Yakima Bears baseball opening day is June 20th at the Yakima County Stadium. KL Wombacher says they have lots of new promotions and a new kids club and the general manager says they don't have all

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The Single-A team announced that "the replica ring, which like LeBron's is non-existent," would be handed out to fans before the game on June 16 as a part of promotion honoring the 1990 Chicago Bulls.

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