Thank you to those who donated, or shared our post, yesterday in response to our call to action. We’ve made some progress, but we still have a long way to go. If you haven’t already, please help to spread the word and, if you can, send us a donation using the “donate” button on www.mnmillers.org.

With less than two months until the Beep Baseball World Series, a regular donor organization has unexpectedly withdrawn its support. The Minnesota Millers are still very short of our $18,000 fund raising goal and we need your help. We’re asking all of our friends and fans to do the following:

1. Donate $10 through the paypal link or mailing address on our web site, www.mnmillers.org.
2. Ask 10 friends to do the same and become fans of us on facebook.

We have no administrative staff, so 100 percent of your donations are used to help our players and volunteers travel to the World Series, or to replace broken bases or balls, torn uniforms…etc. In short, everything is used to help us play beep baseball. In addition, all of your donations are tax deductable.

It has been a great 2014 season for the Millers! The weather was slightly more cooperative this year, allowing us to practice more than we could in 2013. We also got some much needed experience from playing in the 2014 Bolingbrook Beep Ball Bash in Bolingbrook, IL, where we beat the Cleveland Scrappers and had an amazing 10 run inning against the Indie Thunder. Our annual exhibition game at Glenco Days in Glenco, MN, was delayed because of weather, but finally happened a week before the World Series. We also demonstrated beep baseball at the 2014 T-Mobile Allstar Fanfest. Finally, player Evan Van Duyne won the fifth place defensive MVP award at the 2014 World Series.

The season was also punctuated with several moments of sadness for us. Two players, Gary Boecher and Evan Van Duyne, lost their guide dogs this year. Our thoughts and Prayers go out to them and their families for their loss.

The entire team would like to thank the volunteers and supporters who made all of this possible:
• Coach and spotter Doug Van Duyne, who’s excellent leadership helped us to achieve everything we did in 2014.
• Pitcher Dan Eliason, who continues to help us hit the ball.
• Catcher Kelly Peterson, who continues to help us hit the ball.
• Spotter Kathy Quin, who constantly encourages us to be safe and do better.
• Volunteer Mark Arvold, who cheered us on all week and who invited an entire beep baseball team into his home.
• The National Beep Baseball Association, especially the officers and tournament committee.
• The Rochester Sports Commission and volunteers from the Rochester area that made the tournament possible.
• The Minnesota Telephone Pioneers, who furnished us with more comfortable uniforms.
• The Glenco Lions club, who has supported us financially and by spreading the word about beep baseball for the past two years.
• Other Lions clubs throughout the state of Minnesota.
• Individual donors and supporters.

Our thoughts will now be turning to the 2015 season, when we’ll be traveling to Rochester, NY, for the 2015 World Series. We also hope to return to Bolingbrook for the 2015 Bolingbrook Beep Ball Bash. The cost for the 2015 season is projected to be around ten thousand dollars, so we’ll hope you all continue to spread the word about beep baseball, and about our fund raising campaign which will kick off later this year.