The Wenatchee AppleSox will feature two position players and a pitcher from UC Irvine this summer. Infielder Connor Spencer, infielder Grant Palmer, and right-handed pitcher Andrew Morales are set to join the AppleSox.

The Anteaters have consistently provided players to the AppleSox since Mike Gillespie was hired as the school’s head coach before the 2008 season.  

A new voice will be behind the microphone this season as Spencer Thurling has been hired as the AppleSox new radio broadcaster. Thurling will announce every AppleSox game on the team’s radio home 560 KPQ and online at www.kpq.com.

“I’m excited for the opportunity and I can’t wait for the season to get here,” said Thurling. “Baseball is the sport I care about the most and I’m looking forward to the taking on the challenge of providing fans with a great broadcast.”

The AppleSox have finalized the 2013 schedule, with the team’s fourteenth season beginning at home on June 5^th against the Corvallis Knights in a rematch of the 2012 West Coast League Championship Series. The team will play a 58-game schedule that includes 31 home games.

"We're excited about this year's schedule because our fans will see two brand new West Coast League teams, plus a couple of non-league opponents that haven't visited Wenatchee in several years," said AppleSox owner/general manager Jim Corcoran.

Former AppleSox player Eric Lane has been hired to complete the team’s coaching staff for the 2013 season. Lane returns to Wenatchee after helping the AppleSox capture the West Coast League Championship in 2010. He is currently a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater Gonzaga University.    

“He knows how we operate and is very similar to previous coaches who have filled this role,” said AppleSox head coach Ed Knaggs. “He is a hard worker with a great attitude. It’s a perfect fit to have him back with us as a coach.”

The AppleSox have tapped AJ Proszek, the current pitching coach at the Community Colleges of Spokane, to fill the same role in Wenatchee this summer. Proszek will work with AppleSox head coach Ed Knaggs, who returns for his thirteenth season leading the team.

“He comes highly recommended from people I really trust and I think he is going to be a great fit for us,” said Knaggs. “I remember him as a player and it is nice that he comes to us with his experience of recently pitching professionally.”

The 2013 AppleSox MVP cards have arrived!

Each MVP card costs just $20 and entitles the cardholder to four general
admission tickets to any AppleSox game in 2013.

These MVP cards make GREAT GIFTS for the holidays.
 
They are available at the Applewood Grill, behind the Stanley Center in
Wenatchee or at the AppleSox office during regular business hours.

If your club or organization is looking for a great no-risk fundraising
opportunity, groups can sell the MVP cards and keep $10 for every $20 card
they sell. For more information call the AppleSox office at 665-6900 or email ken@applesox.com.

AppleSox head coach Ed Knaggs is now offering individual or group baseball instruction at Wenatchee’s Sportsplex. Since joining the AppleSox in 2001, he has led the team to six league championships and is a four-time recipient of the WCL's Coach of the Year Award.

Knaggs served as Wenatchee High School’s head baseball coach for 20 years and was instrumental in bringing back American Legion baseball to the Wenatchee Valley. Before moving to Wenatchee, he spent seven years as an assistant coach at Gonzaga.

Wenatchee finished the season number 6 in the end-of-season rankings, compiled by Allan Simpson of Perfect Game USA.  The Sox, who won the West Coast League Championship August 18th, finished 41 and 19 for the season.

Sparks helps the Wenatchee AppleSox down the Corvallis Knights 8-3

Taylor Sparks knocked in three runs, sparking the Wenatchee AppleSox (4-2) to an 8-3 victory over the Corvallis Knights (3-2) on Saturday at Paul Thomas Field at Wenatchee. He homered in the fourth inning.

Tony Bryant also put together a nice outing. The Corvallis Knights managed just two hits off of the Wenatchee AppleSox's pitcher, who allowed no earned runs, walked none and struck out four during his 2-2/3 innings of work.

WENATCHEE WINS PLAYOFF GAME NUMBER ONE!