Bears hope to become fiscally fit in Yakima

YAKIMA, Wash. — Among the factors that can’t be overemphasized regarding the Bears future here is that their game is a business. The Northwest League franchise doesn’t want to make money just for the sake of it. Like any other financial endeavor, it has to. So it seemed more than coincidence that a recent interview [...]

Vicente to return as Bears manager

YAKIMA — For what could be their last season in Yakima, the Bears on Tuesday announced that they will have the same manager as last season. Meaning Audo Vicente will return for his second year as the Northwest League club’s skipper. Also back will be pitching coach Doug Bochtler. Jacob Cruz, last season’s hitting coach, [...]

Laura McMurray wins Northwest League award

In the team’s first 20 years, no female in the Yakima Bears front office had ever won the Northwest League’s Woman Executive of the Year. Now, the Bears have made it back-to-back. Laura McMurray, the Bears chief financial officer since 1999, was presented the award at the league’s fall meetings. Last year, Lauren Wombacher won [...]

Bears win for record crowd

Yakima finishes season on victorious note || YAKIMA, Wash. — It’s quite possible that the end to this Bears season was written in the stars — clearly visible in the late summer sky above Yakima County Stadium — because it certainly wasn’t scripted. On a perfect Saturday night before a stadium-record throng of 3,391, the [...]

9/4/11 Yakima Bears update

Notes GETAWAY DAY: Justin Albert was loaded. No, not in that sense, but the Bears reliever had most of his worldly possessions jammed into several traveling bags, which he loaded into an SUV prior to Saturday night’s season-ending game against Eugene. His destination? “Boston,” said Albert. “I’m driving straight through. Well, not straight through, because [...]

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Bears eliminated; curtain call awaits

YAKIMA, Wash. — At least they’ll get a curtain call. Not that the Bears will consciously treat tonight’s season-ending game with Eugene as such, even after staging a stirring second-half surge that saw them contend for a Northwest League playoff berth until Friday night’s 2-1 loss to the Emeralds. “We’re very proud of the guys,” [...]

9/3/11 Yakima Bears update

Next game Opponent: Eugene Emeralds. When, where: 7:05 p.m. today, Yakima County Stadium. Radio/Internet: KUTI (1460)/yakimabears.com Probable pitchers: Yakima LHP John Pedrotty (2-4, 3.29) vs. Eugene RHP Ruben Mejia (0-0, 0.00). Notes SAFE AT HOME: The Bears’ 14-6 home record beginning play Friday was the Northwest League East Division’s best during the second half of [...]

Hilt’s slam lifts Bears

Yakima remains a game behind Tri-City || YAKIMA, Wash. — As he stepped into the batter’s box in the seventh inning Thursday night, to the appreciative applause of an announced 1,916 at Yakima County Stadium, Justin Hilt apologized. Not for hitting a grand slam, which the Bears right-fielder had done in his prior at bat. [...]

9/2/11 Yakima Bears update

Next game Opponent: Eugene Emeralds. When, where: 7:05 p.m. today, Yakima County Stadium. Radio/Internet: KUTI (1460)/yakimabears.com Probable pitchers: Yakima RHP Alex Capaul (2-2, 3.09) vs. Eugene RHP James Needy (1-4, 4.97). Notes OFFICIALLY, THEY’LL BE BACK: What has been a foregone conclusion for weeks became official Thursday when the Bears issued a brief press release [...]

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