SCHEDULE CHANGES FOR 48TH ANNUAL BASEBALL DAY AND A's GAMES IN JULY

Due to the district and sub-state high school tournament being held in Clarinda starting July 5, the usual Baseball Day schedule had to be changed...

A's new bus was on display Wednesday, June 25 as the Hy-Vee and Page County Cattlemen set up for the cookout fund raiser prior to the A's game...

 

 

2008 CLARINDA IOWA A's

Front row (l to r) - Michael Ghutzman, Stephen Szkotak; Keith Hustedt, Ryan Peterson, batboy J J Clark, Jake Rowell, John Fugazi, Marc Mericle.

2nd row (l to r) -Marsalis Charles, Josh Krummel, Reese McCully, Mgr. Ryan Eberly, Stewart Davis , Dustin Lloyd, Zack Taylor

3rd row (l to r) - Brian Justice, Leroy Urbina, Elroy Urbina, Johnny Brummett, Alex Johnson , Brent McKinnon, Brandon Mikkelson,

Back row (l to r) -Jack Wortley, Adam Shupe, Leo Garcia, Chad McLin, Taylor Reid, David Small

Help continues to come in for the A's following the loss of the bus, all their equipment and uniforms June 1st. Elroy Urbina, Jake Rowell, Dustin Lloyd and Stephen Szkotak are pictured opening just two of the boxes received Wednesday, June 18 from the Philadelphia Phillies. The organization sent bats, balls, batting helmets and catcher's gear. Although not yet confirmed, the A's feel certain that Jerry Lafferty and Mike Arbuckle are responsible for this gift. Both have been friends of the A's program since their days as scouts and are now regional scout and scouting director for the Phillies...

A's ARE BACK ON THE ROAD

Tuesday, June 23 the team loaded up on the newly acquired bus to head to Beatrice for a MINK League game.

Blue Goose IV was a 1983 New Jersey transit bus, with Goose V being a 1994 Greyhound...

TEAM CONTINUES TO RECOVER FOLLOWING BUS FIRE

Things are progressing toward getting things back to a "normal" summer routine following the bus fire two weeks ago. During this period, storms producing large amounts of rain have forced some postponements of games and the team played a triple header Friday when the Ozark Generals were rained out of games on Thursday. Tonight's game with Chillicothe was postponed to be a double-header July 15...

A's BACK ON FIELD - after postponing Monday's game, the Clarinda A's were able to be back in action Wednesday night as they hosted the FCA Grays for a MINK League game. It was a sponsored night by the Clarinda Chamber of Commerce and although the crowd was not as large as expected due to tornado watches in the area, a good time was had by all, especially the young athletes who were drawn to run bases against one of the A's players (see photos HERE). Drawings were also held during the evening, courtesy of local merchants. Due to lightning and approaching storm system the game was suspended after 9 inning tied 11-11...

For those of you who have generously offered to assist the team during this extremely trying time for the organization, here are some details on how to help out.

An account has been established at Page County Federal Savings Association in Clarinda to accept donations for the replacement of the items lost in the fire. People may contact Linda Mier at Page County Federal Savings Association (712-542-2103) to make a donation or send donations to Clarinda A's Baseball, 225 E Lincoln St., Clarinda, IA, 51632-1648.

THANK YOU for any assistance you can provide to the team. 

THANK YOU also to those of you who have already offered assistance in the form of equipment, fundraisers, etc... the response from all of you has been tremendous!!!!

FROM THE CLARINDA A's BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AUXILIARY AND MANAGEMENT -The outpouring of support and assistance that has come in the past 24 hours since news of our bus fire and the loss of it, team uniforms, equipment and personal belongings of the team members has been nothing short of overwhelming. We are so grateful that no injuries or loss of life occurred and know there was definitely divine intervention during this episode.