Mankato MoonDogs
From BR Bullpen
- Location: Mankato, MN
- League: Northwoods League
- Stadium: Franklin Rogers Park
- All Games Broadcast On: KYSM 1230 AM
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[edit] Team Bio
The Mankato MoonDogs are a Summer Collegiate Baseball team based in Mankato, MN. The MoonDogs, who play their games in Franklin Rogers Park, are a Major League Baseball sanctioned team, and a member of the Northwoods Leagueand have hosted some of the most talented collegiate athletes from throughout the United States and Canada. The MoonDogs are loosely affiliated with the Minnesota Twins who provide organizational support to the team.
Like other summer collegiate baseball teams, the MoonDogs are dedicated and designed to provide minor league level competition for NCAA players that wish to continue on into professional baseball. The MoonDogs operate in the model a Minor League team: playing nightly before fans in stadiums which seat thousands, using wood bats and minor league specification equipment, and experiencing road trips between games. Like all other summer collegiate players, MoonDogs players are unpaid in order to maintain their NCAA eligibility, and live with host families in the same manner as Single A and Independent League players.
[edit] 2007 On-Field Staff
- Manager: Jason Nell - Iowa Lakes Community College
- Coach: Bobby Meier - Concordia University
- Mascot: "Muttnik"
[edit] Notable MoonDogs Alumi and 2007 Teams
- Brett Wayne- Visalia Oaks
- Doug Deeds- New Britain Rock Cats
- Curtis Granderson- Detroit Tigers
- P.J. Pilittere- Tampa Yankees
- Matt Fisher- Princeton Devil Rays
- Paul McAnulty- Portland Beavers
- Tom Everidge- Stockton Ports
- Darren Sack- San Jose Giants
- Chad Fillinger- San Antonio Missions
- Jeremiah Piepkorn- Sarasota Reds
- Jonny Ash- Corpus Christi Hooks
- Ritchie Price- Kingsport Mets
- Matt Falk- Hudson Valley Renegades
- Kevin Dixon- Kinston Indians
- Cole DeVries- Gulf Coast League Twins
- Neil Wagner- Mahoning Valley Scrappers
- Jonathan Schemmel- Hagerstown Suns
- Cirilo A. Cruz- Greeneville Astros
- Brandon Thomson- Gulf Coast League Yankees
- Jack Hannahan- Toledo Mud Hens
- Shawn Kohn- Sacramento River Cats
