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Jun. 10—TRAVERSE CITY — Things will start to look much more normal at Turtle Creek Stadium for fans of the Traverse City Pit Spitters this season. The stadium returned to full capacity June 1 following a move from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's administration which previously tied the state's reopening plans to COVID-19 vaccination rates. "We were excited," Pit Spitters general manager Mickey Graham .
Jun. 10—TRAVERSE CITY — The nature of the Northwoods League is usually pretty cut and dry. Organizations fill their teams with the hottest, best new college prospects and player turnover from year to year is pretty constant. The Traverse City Pit Spitters, however, are breaking that mold. The Spitters return seven players who will have spent the last three summers in Traverse City. Even the .
Jun. 10—TRAVERSE CITY — Back in 2006 when the Traverse City Beach Bums broke ground at the site which Turtle Creek Stadium now sits, neighbor Susan Fall knew she struck gold. Fall, a lifelong Detroit Tigers fan and self-proclaimed baseball nut, didn't wait very long to figure out how she and her family could be involved in the exciting new ballpark being built just up the road. After making .
Jun. 9—BATTLE CREEK — A hot start for the Pit Spitters ended in a 10-5 loss Tuesday when Traverse City visited the Battle Creek Bombers. Traverse City (6-3) scored a run in each of the first innings but gave up two four-run innings to the Bombers to fall too far behind. Chris Monroe kept his hitting streak alive with a RBI single to open the scoring on the day and pushed another run across in .