Next Game: Sunday, May 2, 2010 versus Howard Lake
 
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Last Meeting:
May 17, 2009
Result:
4-3, Howard Lake (11)
2009 Records:
Delano A's (16-17)
Howard Lake (24-11)
     
     

Your Hometown Team

The Delano Athletics is an amateur baseball team in south-central Minnesota. We are members of the North Star League. The team is made up of players ranging in age from 18-39. Players generally live within a 15 mile radius of Delano (a league rule). There are 3 classes of teams in Minnesota (A,B,C), Delano being a Class B team. Class A consists only of teams from the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area, specifically, within the Highway 494 loop. To become a Class B team, a team typically must win the Class C championship. Currently, there are approximately 40 Class B teams in the state. The rest of the state is made up of Class C teams (approximately 200).

 

2010 Season Approaching - The Countdown

Tim ZabelTThe countdown begins as the 2010 season is quickly approaching. The Athletics look forward to another great season at the ballpark as it gets underway Sunday, May 2 at Delano Municipal Stadium against the Howard Lake Orphans.

Pictured to the left (Tim Zabel). Last year, Zabel announced his retirement after 24 years of service. Shortstop Kevin Jaunich also announced his retirement after spending 10 seasons with the team.The Athletics will look to replace both of them in 2010, but will they get the itch to return?

Home Opener:
Delano vs. Howard Lake
Sunday, May 2 at 2 P.M.

 


8B Playoffs: Season Ends 12-inning marathon
August, 2009

Deep into the night. Into Sunday morning. No one could score.

Zero-Zero. Goose eggs. Double doughnuts.

The Athletics’ and Hutchinson Huskies were deadlocked through the evening into the top of the 12th inning, until the Huskies broke open the game with some flares and Delano errors. The Huskies scored seven runs as the game and season was all but over for the Athletics’ losing 7-0.

In a tightly played contest, Athletics’ starter Brent Muckenhirn went toe to toe with Hutchinson hurler, Adam Padrnos. Muckenhirn pitched through the eighth inning, giving up no runs on three hits and got the no decision, before being relieved by Blake Danielson. Padrnos on the other hand pitched all 12 innings and picked up a State Tournament clinching win for the Huskies ending the A’s season.

The A’s missed out on several opportunities to score throughout the game and couldn’t get that clutch hit to drive in a run. Overall the A’s finished the season with a record of 16-17.

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