CRAWDADS: You’ll get fireworks after a dozen games this year at Frans

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – A dozen nights of firework shows highlight the 2018 promotion schedule of the Hickory Crawdads. The minor league baseball team, owned by the Texas Rangers, released the schedule on Friday. The Crawdads’ open the season April 12 against West Virginia at L.P. Frans Stadium: FIREWORKS Shows scheduled after every Friday home game and an Independence Day Celebration …

CRAWDADS: Hagen will return to Hickory, manage 2018 club

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Matt Hagen is headed back to Hickory in a new role for the Hickory Crawdads. Hagen, a Crawdads coach in 2016, will be Hickory’s manager during its first season under the new ownership of the South Atlantic League (SAL) team by the Texas Rangers. In a press release on Thursday, Rangers officials said Hagen – after a …

CRAWDADS: Rangers announce $1 million in Frans Stadium improvements

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – L.P. Frans Stadium — already one of the top playing venues in South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball — is getting a $1 million update. The Texas Rangers, who have purchased the Class-A Hickory Crawdads, announced the improvements in a press release by the Crawdads on Tuesday after officials from the Rangers, Crawdads and the City of Hickory …

CRAWDADS: Club has 3 events this week for its fans, 2 of them Tuesday

HobbsDailyReport.com 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 …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Crawdads announce home game times for 2018 season

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Hickory Crawdads will have early starts to their spring games for the sixth consecutive season, the club announced on Tuesday. Games scheduled to be played on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday on the 2018 schedule will again have 6 p.m. first pitches, while Sunday games during the first half of the South Atlantic League (SAL) schedule …