The Traverse City Beach Bums traded infielder Brandon McArthur to the Joliet Jackhammers of the Northern League for right-handed pitcher Michael Moore.
Manager Gregg Langbehn will be back, but that may be about all that's familiar with next year's edition of the Traverse City Beach Bums. After a disappointing season that saw only three Frontier League teams finish with a worse record than the Beach Bums, a shake-up is on the way.
Kalamazoo celebrated a Frontier League East Division title at Wuerfel Park Sunday with a win over Traverse City. The Beach Bums finished the season 42-53 while the Kings won the division by a game over Lake Erie with a 58-38 mark.
Kalamazoo used four multi-run innings to defeat the Traverse City Beach Bums 9-6 on Friday. The win reduces the Kings magic number to one in the Eastern Division.
The Traverse City Beach Bums scored four runs in their three-game Frontier League series with the Midwest Sliders of Ypsilanti. Not surprisingly, the Beach Bums lost all three.
The job Midwest's P.J. Zocchi was called to do Tuesday was something he's become quite familiar with. The Sliders turned to Zocchi in the seventh inning to get them out of a jam -- and to do it against a former teammate.
Jon Haldis looked like he was at home back in Wuerfel Park. The former Traverse City Beach Bums pitcher started and threw two hitless innings before giving way to Ypsilanti Sliders teammate Adam Dominick in a 5-2 win over Traverse City.
Traverse City only scored in one inning Wednesday night. But that was enough as the Beach Bums defeated Kalamazoo in a Frontier League game at Homer Stryker Field.
Josh Short singled in the winning run in the bottom of the ninth Tuesday night to lift the Kalamazoo Kings to a Frontier League win over the Traverse City Beach Bums.
David Nathanson threw his first career complete-game shutout as the Traverse City Beach Bums blanked River City 6-0 Saturday night. Nathanson limited the Rascals to just four hits and struck out four in nine innings to improve his record to 6-9 on the season.
Ryan Wehrle belted a three-run homer in the first inning Friday night to spark the River City Rascals to a 6-2 Frontier League win over the Traverse City Beach Bums.
Gateway didn't walk John Alonso this time around, and instead of a brawl, the Grizzlies received a loss. Alonso, who was involved in a fight after being walked twice on eight pitches when Gateway visited Traverse City last Thursday, hit for the cycle in a Beach Bums victory.