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HICKORY – The Hickory Crawdads welcome fans to hear more about the team’s new ownership with a media event scheduled Tuesday at L.P. Frans Stadium.
Gates open at 10:30 a.m. and the speakers will begin at 11:15 a.m.
Expected to discuss the sale of the Crawdads to their parent club in the big leagues, the Texas Rangers, are Jeff Cline, mayor of Hickory; Warren Wood, city manager of the city of Hickory; former Crawdads majority owner Don Beaver and Neil Leibman, chairman of the Rangers’ Ownership Committee and the Crawdads’ new president.
The event is free and open to the public and concessions will be available. The first 250 fans will receive a free rally towel.
Fast Pitch scheduled Tuesday night
The Crawdads are a partner with the City of Hickory and Lenoir-Rhyne University for the Fast Pitch event on Tuesday night, part of Global Entrepreneurship Week festivities at LRU.
The event begins at 6 p.m. in the Cromer Center at LRU.
It’s a competition for community members and students who will make pitches of business ideas. Each participant has between three to five minutes to make their pitch.
After all the pitches are complete, the audience will vote for their favorite business idea. The top five vote-getters will receive $200 as a cash prize.
The Crawdads will bring Speed Pitch and invite attendees to test their pitching arm, and the club will also provide tickets to participants and winners.
The goal of the event is to promote creativity and entrepreneurship in the community.
Fall Fling scheduled Saturday
The Crawdads’ annual Fall Fling is scheduled Saturday at L.P. Frans Stadium with an 11 a.m. start. The event runs for two hours.
Admission is free and the event features hay rides, a pumpkin pie eating contest, speed pitch, a bounce house, an arts and crafts table and a raffle for two Thanksgiving turkeys courtesy of Galaxy Food Center.
Fans are encouraged to bring canned goods for the food drive. Adults who donate cans receive a free ticket for an April or May Crawdads game for every $5 of value they bring, for a max of 4. Kids who donate canned items can get $1 off of a 2018 Claw Club membership for a maximum of five cans.
The Crawdads will also begin their early Black Friday sale of 25 percent off suites and party patios for the April or May. Each person in the group will receive a free hat.
The Black Friday deal continues through Thanksgiving.
For more information, contact the Crawdads at (828) 322-3000.