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The Beach Bums announced today an exhibition doubleheader with the Midwest Sliders of Ypsilanti on May 16 at Wuerfel Park...

Both contests will be seven innings in length and are open to the public...Admission to Wuerfel Park will be $5 for one or both games...First pitch is slated for noon...The games will be the first chance to see Gregg Langbehn's team on the field before the regular season begins on May 22 in Kalamazoo...

Last season under the guidance of former pitching coach John Sexton, with former manager Jon Cahill attending his Hall of Fame induction at UMASS-Lowell, the Beach Bums traveled to Gary, Indiana to play a pair of contests at US Steel Yard, the home of the Northern League's Gary SouthShore Railcats...The Beach Bums finished 1-1 in their 2008 exhibition slate, falling to Northern League Champion Gary, led by the Frontier League's all-time managerial wins leader Greg Tagert, by a 6-4 count, rallying after allowing the champs four first inning runs...

The Beach Bums won the nightcap, topping Frontier League champion Windy City 3-2 after falling behind early again with two first inning runs to the ThunderBolts...

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