New season, new team. Well, almost. The Traverse City Beach Bums only plan to bring back a few players off last year's 42-53 team that was last in the Frontier League in hitting. "It's basically going to be a brand new roster," second-year manager Gregg Langbehn said.
The Traverse City Beach Bums sold the contracts of catcher John Parham to the Seattle Mariners and right-handed pitcher B.J. Hagen to the Houston Astros.
Robbie Alcombrack has a new home. After spending the 2009 season with the Traverse City Beach Bums, Alcombrack's contract has been purchased by the Texas Rangers organization.
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.