Catching a Traverse City Beach Bums baseball game

Disclosure

We often travel on our own time and own dime. When we receive complimentary products, services, or accommodations as a result of our blogging activities, we will disclose that at the time we write about it. Midwest Guest is a member of ad affiliate programs and networks. If you click through the affiliate links or ads from here and purchase something from one of our affiliate partners, we receive a small commission. This income helps us pay for our blogging expenses and Midwest travel.

Catching a Traverse City Beach Bums baseball game

We caught a Traverse City Beach Bums baseball game during the team's inaugural season in 2006, and it was a lot of fun revisiting the team during a recent trip to northern Michigan earlier this summer.

Wuerfel Park entrance

Attending a game at the team's Wuerfel Park is a fun experience, and it can be an especially budget- and family-friendly outing. Tickets are reasonably priced, as are parking and concession prices (two adult admissions to the chairback sections, two grilled kielbasas, parking, two beverages, two small bags of caramel corn and a game program added up to less than $50 at 2011 prices).

If you plan to have a beer during the game, be sure to stop by the I.D. Check Station and get a wristband near the front entrance as you arrive at the game.

We also liked the fact that the there are two concession stands at opposite corners of the ball park where you can watch as they cook your hot dog or burger on an open grill.

We had great seats in the second row near third base, but the view seemed good from wherever we went in the ball park. We checked out the view from atop the grass berms in the lawn seating section beyond the outfield, a great option for families who want to spread out a picnic blanket and have easy access to the playground near this section.

The Beach Bums are in the Frontier League, a low-level professional league where the pitching can be a little slower, but we were fortunate enough to see a great pitching performance by Bums' pitcher David Deminsky. Deminsky pitched the complete game, and the Beach Bums bested the Normal (Illinois) Cornbelters 7-1.