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Welcome to the 2018 Healdsburg Prune Packers.
A part of Healdsburg since 1921. |
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Recreation Park Healdsburg
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Packer Pete Makes a Visit to Healdsburg Wonder League
Opening Day 4.7.18
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2018 Sponsors
GRAND SLAM SPONSORS Anonymous Stamps Mountanos Triarc Entertainment Jonny Gomes HOME RUN SPONSORS Big John's Market Draxton Wines Sanderson Family TRIPLE SPONSORS Amy’s Wicked Slush Brandt Insurance Rack and Riddle Rich Ryan Construction Joe and Viv Rochioli Rotary Club of Healdsburg Tsarnas Drywall DOUBLE SPONSORS Accent Printing Anderson Ziegler Law Firm Exchange Bank Mike and Denise Lustberg Marginal Enterprises, Inc. Nazar Eljumaily Ed and Barbara Pascoe Nelson and Jane Weller SINGLE SPONSORS Absolute Athlete Ann Amtower Anonymous Baci Cafe & Wine Bar Black Iron Inc. Brian House Trucking Carole Chapman Chapman Construction De La Montanya Winery Dry Creek Vineyard Eddie's Concrete Eddinger Enterprises, Inc Fidelity Charitable. Joe Harrington Healdsburg Floor Covering Healdsburg Kiwanis Club Key Properties Lavish Technology Melanie Gentry Newline Designs Plum Electric Ramey Wine Cellars Ridgeline Painting Rochioli Winery Rodney Strong Mervyn & Jackie Sahud Steve Taylor Excavation St. Paul's Episcopal Church Summit State Bank Tayman Park Golf Group Toad Hollow Vineyards Villagio Dental/ Dr. Leach Wolcott Financial Solutions World Gym Healdsburg BENCH SPONSORS David and Denna Faloni Laura and Kim Detiveaux 2018 Host Families
Matt & Solvin Adams Greg and Laura Apostle Shirley Buchignani Larry Cary Steve & Judy Everett Joe Gellura Carrie Hanford & David Greene Brad & Susan Harman Robert & Pam Johnson Lou Jourdan Wayne & Maryl Lindahl Pat and Dena McDonald Andi Michelsen & Ted Crowell Glenn & Laurie Proctor Jenna Secreto Lisa Smith & Jack Chalmers Paul & Monica Smith Elisa Snedden Kane & Krystal Thistle Jason and Tina Williams Coaching Staff
Joey Gomes - General Manager Meet Joey Gomes, coach and general manager of the Healdsburg Prune Packers. Nice guy, hardass, teacher, tutor, mentor. Joey will do what it takes to get his players and students (theseare interchangeable terms) to play the simple, subtle, existential, wonderful game of baseball the right way. Hard. All in. All the time. Joey,born in Marin but raised in Petaluma,is a lifelong baseball guy. High school All-American at Casa Grande and two time All-Americanat Santa Clara University, draftedby the Tampa Bay Devil Rays,10 year pro,career .300hitter with 101 HRs and 526 RBIs. In baseball parlance it’s called “paying your dues.” Thisiswhat he takes to thefield every day to begin the transformationof the raw young talents that come to the Prune Packerseach season into theelite players of tomorrow. "My coach at Casa, Bob Leslie, told me once that I wouldn't learn how to play baseball until I learned how to fail" said Gomes. "I didn't understand it then, but I came to. Baseball teaches you how to deal with failure. It's a great metaphor for life. You hit it perfect, right on the nose, a screaming line drive, and it goes right to the shortstop. You did everything right but you made out. Does that mean you failed?” Gomes suggests not. Tip your cap and move on. Like life. Get 'em the next time. Life is a mix of sad and bad, stops and starts, ascents and descents. Life is all over the place, like a baseball that can be hit anywhere on the field. Resilience is a quality suitable for all ages and nowhere is it more obvious than in learning how to hit a baseball. (Bob Padecky, Press Democrat, 4/20/09) Elliot North, Assist. Coach Elliot North played for the Packers for 5 years and will be coaching his second year in 2018. Elliot graduated from Healdsburg High School in 2012. He was named captain and team MVP his senior year, staring as an All-League catcher. Elliot played four years at Concordia University in Portland, Oregon, starting in over 70 games at catcher and garnering 3 Academic All-Conference honors. With a slugging percentage over .350 and fielding percentage over .990, Elliot brings great talent and experience to the Packers. Bill Ryan, Pitching Coach Bill Ryan utilizes an individual approach to developing player mechanics, working to ensure the improvement and success of the Packer staff. Ryan has worked with pitchers ranging from youth ranks to the college level, polishing and developing pitchers for years. With certifications from the National Pitching Association as well as the Tom House/ Rod Dedeaux Baseball Institute, Bill brings extensive pitching knowledge to the Packer program. Where to stay & Eat
Packer Fans We are looking forward to seeing you. To help with your travel plans here is a list that might be useful: Camellia Inn Healdsburg.com Wine Road Wine Country Bikes Savor Healdsburg Guests' Favorite Restaurants: Barndiva (707) 431-0100 Baci (707) 433-8111 The Brass Rabbit (707) 473-8580 Bravas Bar De Tapas (707) 433-7700 Café Lucia (707) 431-1113 Campo Fina (707) 395-4640 Costeaux Bakery (707) 433-1913 (breakfast & lunch only) Chalkboard (707) 473-8030 Dry Creek Kitchen (707) 431-0330 Healdsburg Bar and Grill (707) 433-3333 KINsmoke (707) 473-8440 Kitchen 335 (707) 395-0318 Madrona Manor (707) 433-4231 Parish (707) 431-8474 (breakfast & lunch only) SingleThread (Online Reservations Only) Spoonbar (707) 433-7222 Valette (707) 473-0946 Willi's Seafood & Raw Bar (707) 433-9192 The Wurst (707) 395-0214 Healdsburg has many more dining experiences to offer: Click here for Healdsburg's Dining Guide! Cocktails & Nightlife: John & Zeke's (707) 433-3735 Duke's (707) 431-1060 Wild Flowers Saloon (707) 433-4500 JUne 4 MLB draft
Congratulations to Grant Little, 2017 Prune Packer, chosen #74 in the first day of the 2018 MLB Draft. Highest Draft pick ever for a Prune Packer.
Wonder League Day
Thank you to Doug Pile for photos.
2018 Wonder League and Healdsburg Prune Packer Baseball Players -- June 2, 2018
Articles
2018 Photo Highlights
Kaylaa Kawasaki & Jaxen Brazell
PrUNE PACKER World
Send us your Prune Packer pictures from around the world!
The Prune Packers play at historic Recreation Park in Healdsburg and charge $5 for all tickets with general admission seating and children under 12 are free. Our 2018 Concessionaire once again is Healdsburg's own, "The Wurst" owned by Charles Bell. The Prune Packers rent Recreation Park from the City of Healdsburg and all City rules apply. The Prune Packers have great support from our local community and look forward to welcoming all to exceptional "wood bat" collegiate baseball. Many Prune Packer alumni have and are playing in professional baseball and on July 21, 2018 we celebrate our past with an Alumni Day at the Park.
We are a volunteer based Club and would love to have you become a part of this exciting adventure.
We accept all support!!! Interns Kaylaa Kawasaki--Cal Poly Jaxen Brazell--Oregon Lucas Rumpler--Hlbg High Sam Morrow--Tech High Media Henry Burch Chris Ortiz Volunteers Liz Bippart Skip Cassady Sara House Christine Hyde Terry Kemp Jan Kiely Anita Kratka Jim Loughlin Shaun McCaffrey John Merget Rich Neuburger Harvest Nieto Richard Thomas Barbara Thomas Field Crew Brent Brauninger Justice Brilliant Elliot Doss Scott Saxon Sheldon Saxon Anthem Singers/Players It is believed that the Star Spangled Banner was first sung at a baseball game in Sept. 1918. Thanks to the folks below, that tradition continues! Steve Barbieri Joe Gellura Beth Henry Madigan Love Greg Meier Carmen Mitchell Carol Noack Neal Rogers Lisa Sinclair Healdsburg Community Band 
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