MOORHEAD, Minn., May 29, 2025 – The impending shattering of the league home run record, an MLB organization signing and community connections highlight the American Association of Professional Baseball (@AA_Baseball) news as the calendar flips into June over the weekend.
Here are 10 (or so) Things to Know about the AAPB this week:
- Big home run hitters tend to hit theirs in bunches, so expect Sioux Falls Canaries DH Jabari Young to get his AAPB record-smashing 147th home run soon. He had taters in three straight games a couple of weeks ago and two in three games the past few days to tie the mark. The Canaries helped urge him on with a special $1.46 GA ticket at The Birdcage on Tuesday (which saw Cleburne “handle” the slugger by walking him three times).
- Another week, another MLB organization signing, as Peyton Holt of the Kansas City Monarchs was inked by the Reds after making the Monarchs following an open tryout last month. And he went out in style, delivering a walk-off single in his final at-bat for KC on Saturday
- For every coming, there’s a going, and 13-year Major Leaguer Jake Diekman announced his retirement on Friday. The Nebraska native wrapped up his pro career as a Lincoln Saltdog. In a social media post, he thanked the team for “…letting me finish living my dream out at home.”
- Connecting with the community is what AAPB Baseball is all about – epitomized by last week’s visit by two Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks to Eagles Elementary School in Fargo.
- Sometimes those connections happen at the ballpark – case in point: fifth-graders from Lincoln Public Schools were a big part of the Saltdogs’ game vs. Kansas City on Tuesday, singing the anthem, announcing and even “mini-managing.”
- Milwaukee Mayor Erik Brooks announced that “South Milwaukee Day” will be held on August 19 when the Milkmen host Kansas City,“to provide an occasion for locals to bond over baseball and celebrate their hometown heritage.”
- When AAPB teams say “relief” they usually mean a fire-breathing righty or lefty coming into quell a rally. But tonight Oak Brook, Ill.,-based mental health provider
About the American Association
The American Association of Professional Baseball (www.aabaseball.com and www.aabaseball.tv) is a Major League Baseball Partner League that operates in nine states and one Canadian province. Formed in 2006, the league consists of twelve member clubs with many beginning play in 1993. By the end of 2024, over 59 players with American Association experience had made their debut with MLB clubs after having first played in the American Association.
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