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Q and A's
Have a question about the A's that you want answered? Q and A's is a new feature
to the website that gives fans a chance to have those questions answered by
the Marshall Baseball Association board, manager Sean Culhane, or even one of the A's players.
Submit your question below!
June 4, 2012
Question: Do you have handicap seating established at Legion Field? My father in law is coming to the high school games being held there tomorrow, he just had his knee replaced last week.
Answered by Nate Tykwinski: Yes, Legion Field has a designated area behind home plate for wheelchairs, etc. If he is on crutches, there are also a number of picnic tables on ground level.
April 20, 2012
Question: What is the difference between league games and section games?
Answered by Sean Culhane:
99% of all Minnesota Amateur teams belong to a League that is located in their section of the state, much like a conference. Most leagues are a mix of Class B teams (Marshall A’s) and Class C teams (ex. Granite Falls Kilowatts) that play each other, generally, a couple times a summer. The A’s used to belong to the Southern Minny League (Rochester, Austin, Mankato, etc.), but we decided to move for a couple of reasons. - Too much travel
- Our section had been moved.
When they moved our section we were lucky enough to be invited into the Corn Belt League, which will leave the A’s as the only Class B team in the league.
Sections are the teams that you will have to play to go to the state tournament, almost exactly the same as high school. Example would be Marshall High School playing in the Southwest Conference (Marshall A’s in the Corn Belt) and then playing other teams to go to the state tournament. Sometimes teams in the same League, or conference, will be in the same Section, but for the A’s this doesn’t happen due to all other teams in our league being Class C. All teams in the Corn Belt other than the A’s will join with another League to comprise their section and play for the right to represent at the State Tournament. The A’s will actually move north to play teams from the St. Cloud area that are all Class B teams.
Here is the Corn Belt League (A’s haven’t been added yet):
http://www.minnesotabaseball.org/League/Cornbelt
Here is our section:
http://www.minnesotabaseball.org/Regions
As you can see completely different.
The one thing that ALL league and section games have in common is player eligibility. All players must play in 4 games (a game is counted after 1 pitch) and then they are eligible to play in the playoffs for their team. A player could play all year, but not get enough eligibility games in and they will not be allowed to play in post season.
It is confusing, but the best way to view it is this: League = Conference and Section/Region = Section and players must play in 4 of those games to play in postseason. The A’s guys have roughly 17 games to fulfill that!
Hope this helps!
July 20, 2011
Question: We have not been to a game in a few years, but are planning to attend next week. Is there a charge to attend a game?
Answered by Nate Tykwinski:
While the great majority of amateur teams in
Minnesota charge admission, all regular season Marshall A's home games are free of charge.
This policy helps make the A's among the best attended teams in the state.
Playoff games, however, are required by the state amateur baseball board to charge an admission fee.
July 8, 2011
Question: Who are the teams in the Marshall A's section?
Answered by Nate Tykwinski:
The Marshall A's are in Section 2 of Class "B" with the Mankato Twins,
Austin Greyhounds, and Rochester Royals. This is considered one of the toughest
sections in the state. Mankato won the state title in 2005 and 2008, and was runner-up in 2006.
Austin won the state title in 2002 and 2003, and finished runner-up in 2001, 2005 and 2006.
Rochester won the state title in 2006 and was runner-up in 2004.
The New Ulm Brewers also are in Section 2, but are challenging the state board
after being moved from Class "C" to "B" at the start of this season.
June 7, 2011
Question: Since the new look Marshall A's are younger and faster than they have been in years past - are
you going to changing your coaching style to adapt to their strengths to take the pressure of the youngsters?
Also, do you feel like there is more pressure on you, as manager, this year with a younger group?
Answered by manager Sean Culhane:
I think if you look over our first six games, things have changed from previous years and the biggest thing
on offense is bunting. With us having a little more team speed, I don’t want to waste an out if we don’t have
to…so I think stealing and the use of the hit and run will be more our style. I don’t know if there is added
pressure on me, but I do know one thing and that is I need to get us bonded as a team. I believe that is coming
along nicely and I think we have the makings of a nice summer!
June 2, 2011
Question: Have the A's ever won a state championship?
Answered by Nate Tykwinski:
No. The A's have advanced as far as the quarterfinals in both 1976 and 1985. The 1976
team lost 3-2 to Verndale, while the 1985 team lost 9-3 to Red Wing. The tournament was single elimination format during those years.
Most recently, the 2008 team made it to the final weekend of the state tournament, but lost to St. Michaels
for their second loss in the now double elimination format.
May 19, 2011
Question: Will there be a season without the jokester/bulldog (Matt Paulsen)?
Answered by manager Sean Culhane:
Matt is definitely an irreplaceable member of the Marshall A’s, but we will have
to continue on without him in 2011. In his time in an A’s uniform, Matt helped us
to 3 straight state tourneys and numerous regular season wins!
He will always be a Marshall A!
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