Lineup Exchange

The Northwoods League is a summer collegiate baseball league using wood bats, composed of college players who aren't ready to turn professional but want continue to play during the collegiate off-season. This photo was taken at Battle Creek's CO Brown Stadium.

Mr. Impassive on the left is 2013 NWL manager of the year Travis Kiewit, who skippers the Waterloo Bucks. Battle Creek's Dan Trivett, on the right in red, is much more animated. Not sure who the umpires are, though you might be able to identify them from this page.

The actual lineup exchange actually occurred before this meeting; this is more about greeting each other and discussing the ground rules which are unique to Battle Creek's ballyard.

Battle Creek won the game, 3-0, in a very impressive 2 hours (NWL games generally run 150 minutes or more). Original photo here. 96 game photographs here.