Registration forms for the popular AppleSox Youth Instructional Clinics sponsored by Subway and the Nickel Ads are now available. The annual summer clinics are for boys and girls ages 6 and older who want to improve their baseball and softball skills. Forms can be downloaded  by clicking here. The clinics feature AppleSox coaches and players as instructors over three sessions that cover pitching, hitting, and general

The AppleSox offer three separate sessions with emphasis on; pitching, hitting and a general skills session. Each session runs for three days from 9:00 AM - Noon.

Looking for the perfect gift for the baseball fan on your list? The AppleSox have all your bases covered!

The 2012 AppleSox MVP Cards are now available. The popular punch cards can be purchased at the Applewood Grill, 10 Down, and the AppleSox office. MVP cards are good for four general admission tickets to any 2012 home game, for only $20. As an extra bonus, the back of the MVP cards include a coupon for 10% off at the Applewood Grill in Wenatchee and 10 Down.

The AppleSox have finalized the schedule for the 2012 season, which will begin in Bellingham on June 1^st and feature a franchise record 60 games.

The first home game will be Tuesday, June 5^th as part of the opening six-game homestand against the Bend Elks and Corvallis Knights.

The AppleSox organization bids a fond farewell to one of its own, Chris King, who is moving to Idaho to take a position with Boise State University, calling women’s basketball games and filling in during some men’s games as well.

King started with the AppleSox as the team’s radio announcer in 2008, while he was still attending Washington State University. After graduating from the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at WSU in 2009 he came back to Wenatchee and began working for the AppleSox full time.

Nearly 60 people gathered to hear about Wenatchee's baseball history as part of the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center's Afternoon Program Series.

Chris King with the AppleSox recounted the Wenatchee area’s more than 100-year old love of the game by talking about the days of town ball, when nearly every company, club and organization had its very own team.

Learn about Wenatchee's baseball history at the Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center on Thursday, October 20^th. The presentation will be hosted by the voice of the AppleSox Chris King and is part of the Museum and Cultural Center’s Afternoon Program Series.

The program will feature historic baseball photographs from the museum’s archives and cover the region’s strong baseball tradition. In addition to covering the Chiefs and AppleSox, the presentation will feature other Wenatchee baseball stories that include:

The AppleSox are part of the national recognition the Wenatchee Valley has received by AARP Magazine.

Wenatchee was one of five communities the magazine highlighted on their list of best/most affordable places to retire in the country.

Six AppleSox players were named to the post-season top prospect lists by Perfect Game CrossChecker and Baseball America. Perfect Game CrossChecker listed the West Coast League’s top 35 prospects that featured six Wenatchee players, while two AppleSox players made the Baseball America list ranking the WCL’s top 10 prospects.

Perfect Game Top 35 WCL Prospects

Former AppleSox pitcher Tom Milone made his MLB debut Saturday, getting the no-decision after allowing four runs in 4 1/3 innings. The highlight of the night for Milone did not come on the mound, but up at the plate.

On the very first pitch he saw as a major leaguer, Milone blasted a three-run homer. Only 26 players in MLB history have a hit a home run on the very first pitch they saw, and Milone became the first starting pitcher in history to accomplish the feat. After the historic blast Milone was cheered on by fans to take a curtain call. Click here to watch the home run.

The record setting summer for Owen Jones was capped off by being named the West Coast League’s Pitcher of the Year. Jones, who’ll be a senior at the University of Portland, set a league record with 7 wins, going 7-1 with a 2.00 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 77 innings pitched.

In addition to the WCL Pitcher of the Year honor, the Edmonds native was already named a summer collegiate baseball First Team All-American by Perfect Game CrossChecker. Only four pitchers in the country were named to the All-American First Team.