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After a shortened season that involved shifting a current team to play at Homer Stryker Field, turning a one-game promotion into a third team and scheduling shorter five inning contests with double-headers (and some triple-headers), the Kalamazoo Growlers will be back to normal in 2021.

There are great things to expect this season for the Battle Creek Bombers as they return to the friendly confines of C.O. Brown Stadium in 2021.

See the big rivalry on Kalamazoo's biggest screen. Tailgate with the Growlers at Homer Stryker field and watch on the video board in the outfield.

The Kalamazoo Growlers website made the announcement and revealed a special retirement party

The Northwoods League season may be shorter in 2020 and the restrictions to playing two Kalamazoo teams will be a given. The good news is that all but two games at C.O. Brown Stadium will have something going on.

The City of Kalamazoo has enlisted a heard of sheep to clean up the grounds for Homer Stryker Field and says this crew will be helping at area city parks this summer.

Baseball in "The Mitten" in 2020 has been silent with the contention between owners and players in the Majors, Minor League Baseball on hold, and the lone Michigan team in the Great Lakes Collegiate Summer League from Muskegon waiting another year due to its cancellation.

This year, the Growlers will temporarily re-name themselves the Kalamazoo Mac-Daddies. The team's new mascot is an angry looking cheese macaroni noodle with a fork. So friggin' cool.

The summer collegiate baseball leagues all across the nation have struggled to find a start time during the pandemic's lifespan. For the largest league in the nation, it will have to wait longer.

The Battle Creek Bombers will embark on their 14th season in the Northwoods League with 72-game schedule beginning May 26th.