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Muckdogs vs. Scrappers Largest Crowd Contest 75th Season & Fireworks

By Russ Salway
Event Date and Time
2014-08-22T18:00:00 - 2014-08-22T21:45:00

Post-Game Fireworks
Fans will be wowed by the post-game fireworks show!

Break Dwyer Stadium's 1939 Attendance Record Night
When baseball came to Batavia in 1939, 3,000 fans attended the first game. The Muckdogs will attempt to break this attendance record and if the record is broken one fan could win $3,001!

Launch-a-Ball
Presented by: The Hillside Family of Agencies
Snapple Night
Free Snapple samples and t-shirt toss!

Presented by: Snapple

Celebrating 75 years of pro baseball in Batavia. The first season in 1939 consisted of 6 teams in the Pennsylvania - Ontario - New York League (The Pony League). Batavia Clippers, Bradford Bees, Hamilton Red Wings, Jamestown Jaguars, Niagara Falls Rainbows and the Olean Oilers. A crowd of 3,000 gathered in Batavia on May 10, 1939 with borrowed folding chairs from a funeral home in an outfield behind a snow fence (the actual wood fence hadn't been built yet to watch our Clippers lose to the Jaguars 9-4. If we break our all time attendance Friday night one lucky fan will win $3,001.

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