Humboldt Crabs Program 2019

Rest in Peace 49
Keith Rowe, Crabs fan for over 50 years

The Humboldt Crabs
mourn and honor longtime
fan Keith Rowe, who
passed away on February
12, 2019. Keith had been
attending Crabs games
for over 40 years, and
was part of a generation
of Crabs fans going back
50+ years. Keith joins the
list of wonderful Crabs fans
over the last 50 years who we have lost, such as
Doc Schmidt, Al Masterson, Baseball Betty, Vince
Conley, Bill Baitch, Ugo Giuntini, and others. Keith
is survived by his three daughters.

Left to right: Larry Zerlang, Keith Rowe, and Bob Studdert

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Crabs On Air & Online

Open Daily from On the Arcata The Crabs on Television
8am to 3pm Plaza
The Crabs are featured every Sunday at 6:30 and 11:00 p.m.
breakfast & brunch cafe on KIEM News Channel 3 during the summer months. The
846 G street, arcata special sports segment is called Crabs Corner.
(707) 826-7578
Crabs Corner spends a few minutes every Sunday looking back
www.facebook.com/TheBigBlueCafe at "the week that was" in Crabs land, featuring interviews,
game highlights, and trivia. Fans can win Crabs tickets by
75Go Crabs correctly answering the week’s trivia question. You can find
archived videos on the KIEM News Channel 3 website under
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of grocery, fresh packaged meat, frozen
The Crabs on
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Crabs games are broadcast locally
on KGOE 1480 AM. Fans from
across the country can listen to
longtime broadcaster Benjamin “the Professor” Shaeffer and
Liam Warner live. KGOE’s parent company Bicoastal Media
streams all Crabs games via their website.
Find KGOE online at: www.kgoe.com

The Crabs Online

Website: Find out why the Humboldt Crabs are the longest
continuously-run baseball team in the country. Visit us online for all
things Crabs at humboldtcrabs.com. You’ll find all kinds of fun
videos to watch under the Fan Info/Field Rentals tab on the menu:
humboldtcrabs.com/crabs-videos

Streaming: If you have high-speed internet, WiFi,
or a smart phone, you can watch and hear the
broadcast on YouTube Stream as well as folow the
game live with the app GAMECHANGER. Visit the
Crabs website, humboldtcrabs.com, for more info.
Social Media: Let’s be friends! Follow us. Tweet us. Join the Crabby
Communities for all the latest news and updates.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/humboldtcrabsbaseball
Twitter: @humboldtcrabs
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We have our own YouTube channel!
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The Voices of Crabs Baseball

Benjamin “The Professor” Shaeffer and Liam Warner

Benjamin "The Professor" Shaeffer will have a new radio partner in Crabs booth
operator Liam Warner for 2019. Longtime color man Bob "Hoke" Holcomb retired from
the Crabs and moved to Ashland, Oregon after the 2018 season. Hoke and Benjamin's
partnership began in 1999, announcing Crabs games together for 18 fun-filled years.

Tim Warner and Tres O'Brien

Public Address Announcers

The Crabs officially signed high ranking volunteers Tim
Warner and Tres O'Brien to be our two Public Address
Anouncers for 2019. They both received a season
pass, a official Crabs pen and a gift card to Slice of
Humboldt Pie because these two will work for pie.
Tim's favorite beer of all time was Firestone Double
Jack Double IPA, but he said he loves any beer from
Redwood Curtain Brewing Company.
Tres' favorite beer is Redwood Curtain IGA, and he
also loves the soft pretzels and cheesecake at the
ballpark. Welcome back, Tres and Tim!

PA Announcers Tim Warner (left) and Tres O'Brien (right)

Crabs Beer Goddesses

Giuliana "Julie" Stagnoli, Andrea Armas, Vicki Walker, and Krista Freeman

Never fear, the Beer Goddesses are here! Fifteen-plus year volunteer veteran and Chief Beer Pourer Giuliana
"Julie" Stagnoli returns once again for the Crabs' 75th season. Julie schedules all the other ballpark beer
pourers, knows every Crabs fan by name, and knows their beer of choice. Julie says the best part about
working for the Humboldt Crabs is meeting new fans,
seeing the longtime fans, and putting smiles on their
faces each game. Julie's home-away-from-home is
Lake Garda, Brescia in Northern Italy.

Joining Julie at the beer booth is Andrea Armas who
began volunteering in 2005. Andrea says Pirate Night
is her favorite game to work, and she can't wait to
bring her one-year-old son Mateo to the park this
summer to show off his chicken dancing skills!

Pouring beer on the third base side this year again will
be Krista Freeman. Krista says her favorite thing about
volunteering for the Crabs are the fans, being around
people having a good time, the hotdogs, and of
course the Crab Grass Band. She loves the Fireworks
Nights at the ball park.

And last but certainly not least, we welcome back Beer Goddesses L to R: Andrea Armas, Giuliana
Vicki Walker for her 2nd year! Vicki says her favorite "Julie" Stagnoli, Vicki Walker, and Krista Freeman

thing about volunteering for the Crabs is the crowd -
"they're so cool and very loyal! It's fun getting to know all of the regulars." Vicki's favorite special
event is Fireworks Nights. She loves the whole Crabs tradition as her son went to Crab Camps.
Vicki's favorite ballpark item is beer, of course!

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"We are rounding third and heading for home"

Hoke and The Professor:
The Voices of Summer

by Liam Warner The Crabs radio and PA crew's last game of the 2018 campaign.
If you got out the old radio during L to R: The Professor, Tim Warner, Liam Warner and Hoke. Hoke
the summer on a weekend night is famous for coining the phrase, "... the bases are F.O.C.!" (full of
or a Sunday afternoon for the past crustaceans).
19 seasons, you will most likely
hear the sounds of summer over airwaves of Humboldt County and “Benjamin’s also a snazzier
the airwaves. The snap of the beyond until the end of the 2018 dresser,” Holcomb added with a
glove, the crack of the bat, and season. chuckle.
the World Famous Crab Grass
Band serenading the crowd with “So I sat right next to them [the Being in the booth together for 19
“Sweet Caroline” or “Elvira” might radio broadcasters] and I would years, both had stories to tell of the
be some of the sounds that you interject things over the air and fun times they had up in the booth.
hear coming through the radio. then after the first season Hoke Both had fond memories that they
Most importantly, you heard the asked me if I wanted to volunteer shared over the decades of baseball
voices of two men who dedicated and he asked me ‘why don’t you that they called together on the
their summers to spreading Crabs be my color man?’” Shaeffer radio.
baseball beyond the ballpark on said. “Honestly he was my main “I can just remember it being a
the radio and the online webcast: motivation for even doing the party all the time up in that booth
Robert “Hoke” Holcomb and games because hanging out with it was so much fun,” Shaeffer said
Benjamin “The Professor” Shaeffer. Hoke was so much fun, we would fondly. “It was like our own little
The story of this dynamic duo just crack each other up doing the clubhouse up there.”
came to be during the 1999 season games together.” When I asked them about their
when Hoke was already the play- “My first impression of Benjamin, favorite memories up in the booth,
by-play man for the Crabs and I thought he was a pretty cool dude one story was mentioned by both
Benjamin was fairly new to the for a professor,” Holcomb said. “It men as being a favorite memory
area, having taken a teaching job at worked well because we both have of theirs. It was a game on the 4th
Humboldt State University. Former quirky senses of humor.”
Crabs board member Rick Levin
noticed Benjamin hanging out at 75TH SEASON · Humboldt Crabs 2019
the games and offered him the
vacant position of official scorer
which Benjamin accepted, sitting
him right next to Hoke during
the games. After hanging out in
the booth and quickly becoming
friends, Hoke offered Benjamin
a spot on-air when Hoke’s then
radio partner left, starting both an
on-air and off-air friendship that
would bring Crabs baseball to the

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of July that went into extra innings after being gone for a few days couldn’t find his pencil sharpener
and the planned fireworks show because of a Crabs road trip. and we were getting near airtime,”
didn’t wait until the end of the O’Brien said. “He was like ‘see
game, spraying fireworks into what happened? They stole my
the air during the 11th inning, pencil sharpener’ and he would
making for a spectacular sight. "…He goes ‘ooh there’s a blue try not to mention it on-air but
“They didn’t wait, so they just one’ ‘ooh there’s a red one’ ‘ooh he would mutter it a little bit.
started just launching fireworks there’s an orange and sparkly Because the rest of us in the
during the 11th inning, and one,’” Holcomb said. “I said booth knew what was going on
just as the fireworks started our ‘Benjamin what are you doing?’ we were fighting back laughter.

guy hit a walk-off home run,” and he said “I’m the color man.’” “He gets off the air, they wrap up
Shaeffer said. “So there he is the game, and I kid you not, he
running around the bases and ~ Bob "Hoke" Holcomb puts the headphones down and
the fireworks show going off; it turns and the pencil sharpener is
was just like ‘The Natural’.” sitting right there,” O’Brien said
laughing.
“So what does Benjamin do? He Being a very organized scorekeeper
goes ‘ooh there’s a blue one’ ‘ooh up there, Benjamin was not Pencil sharpener issues aside,
there’s a red one’ ‘ooh there’s an particularly happy about somebody being up in the booth with Hoke
orange and sparkly one,’” Holcomb taking his precious pencil sharpener and Benjamin has always been
said. “I said ‘Benjamin what are and he also noticed that somebody the highlight of my summer,
you doing?’ and he said “I’m the had used his scorebook while he was hearing all of Hoke’s baseball
color man.’” gone. stories and Benajmin’s funny jokes,

A particularly funny moment in the “The Crabs were on the road philosophical musings, and talking
booth was told to me by current and there was a local youth-based to him about the current MLB
Crabs ballpark announcer Tim league using the facilities while season.

“Tres” O’Brien when Benjamin we were gone. Benjamin always Unfortunately, the 2018 season
uses pencils to keep score and he was Hoke’s final one with the
couldn’t find his pencil sharpener Crabs as he quietly retired after

the final game and moved to
Oregon to spend more time with
his wife Larayne. Crabs fans across
Humboldt County and beyond
will miss his presence on the radio
each and every summer, guiding
us through every game. Hoke
volunteered for 19 years, and had
been with the Crabs for over 20!
The Crabs organization and Crabs
fans everywhere thank Hoke for his
tireless dedication and service to the
Crabs and the fans.

Front to Back: PA Announcers Tres O'Brien and Tim Warner, Radio Of course, you can still hear “The
announcers Benjamin Shaeffer and Hoke in the old booth that you had to climb Professor” Benjamin Shaeffer and
up a ladder in order to reach it. Food and water deliveries were always tricky. myself call Crabs games on KGOE
1480, and you can watch the
games live on the Humboldt Crabs
YouTube channel.

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let's hear it for the crab Grass Band!

The ‘World Famous’ Crab Grass Band has
been keeping ball park crowds entertained
since 1983. They just showed up one day and
started playing for free! This group of musicians
from the Humboldt Bay area come together each summer at the Arcata
Ball Park to play at Crabs baseball games and provide musical interludes

pre-game, post-game, and between
innings. The band also performs
the "Star Spangled Banner" in the absence of guest performers. The
band cites influences such as the Humboldt State University Marching
Lumberjacks, Ozzy Osbourne, Blue Oyster Cult, the Rebirth Brass
Band, and Crabs’ fans.

The band attends a majority of the games. It is a volunteer organization
supported by its members, the Humboldt Crabs, and a few generous
fans. All donations are
appreciated and accepted!!!
Feel free to donate to the
band so they can go on the
road with the team. Travel is
expensive. And remember to
buy the band a beer!

Feel free to make a song request:

25 Or 6 To 4 Carry On Green Onions Let It Go Star Spangled Banner
7 Nation Army Celebration Grinch/If I Only Had A Brain Let’s Dance Star Wars Episode 1
A-Team Centerfold Happy Mac Park Star Wars/ Indy Jones
A-Train China Grove Happy Meeting And Magnum Pi Steppin’ Out
All Right Now Crazy Glory Man Of La Mancha Sunshine Of Your Love
Anchors Aweigh Crazy Little Thing Heartbreaker Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Sweet Caroline
And She Was Crazy On You Here It Goes Again Misirlou Takin' It To The Street
Anyway You Want It Crazy Train Hernandos Hideaway More Than A Feelin Take Me Out To The
Austin Powers Domino Hey Baby On Broadway
Ballin The Jack Don’t Fear The Reaper Hey Ya! Organ Tunes #1,#2 Ballgame
Basin St. Blues Down On The Corner High Chaparral Oye Como Va Telephone
Beer Barrel Dream On Hooked On A Feeling Para Los Rumberos Tetris
Big Spender Dynamite Horse Peter Gunn That’s The Way I Like It
Billie Jean Elvira Hot Time Pink Panther The Kids Aren’t All Right
Blinded By The Light Final Count Down Hustle Proud Mary Thrift Shop
Blue Monk Forget You I Got You Purple Haze Touch Me
Blues Brosthers Free Bird I Just Want To Celebrate Rawhide What Is Love
Boom Boom Boom Free Ride I Shot The Sheriff Separate Ways
Brooklyn Funk #49 Immigrant Song She’s Not There (Baby Don’t Hurt Me)
Buffalo Soldier Funkytown Iron Man Sheena Is Punk Rocker White Rabbit
Build Me Up Buttercup Get It On It’s Not Unusual Sing, Sing, Sing You Give Love A
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Can-Can Grazin In The Grass Zelda
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Crabs Board & Volunteers

Founded in 1945, the Humboldt Crabs by Humboldt Crabs players and group of local baseball lovers rallied
are the oldest continuously-operated coaches; together to save the organization. In
summer collegiate, wood-bat, baseball the past 20 years it has turned the
team in the country. 2019 marks • To preserve and build the tradition of team around to the point where it has
the 75th consecutive year of Crabs Humboldt Crabs Baseball. set attendance records in three straight
baseball. seasons, pulling in an average of more
• Humboldt Crabs Baseball, Inc is than 35,000 fans in the months of
The Crabs’ roster is mostly made up of a 501(c)(4) community-owned June and July.
collegiate eligible players from up and organization. The volunteer board
down the West Coast. of directors rely on the support of 2019 CRABS B.O.D. ROSTER:
community members and sponsors
Its mission is four-fold: to keep the Humboldt Crabs Executive Team
Baseball operation functioning.
• To promote family entertainment President: Bill Ruff
by providing high-quality summer BOARD OF DIRECTORS Vice President: David Sharp
collegiate baseball games to the Treasurer: Ellen Barthman
public at a reasonable price; As a non-profit organization, the Crabs Secretary: Michelle Butler
rely on a dedicated group of volunteer Directors: Larry Zerlang, Carl Pellatz,
• To provide talented collegiate-level directors for day-to-day operations. Roger Lorenzetti, Matt Filar, Erik Fraser,
baseball players with a positive The Board of Directors ranges in size Vikki Rossi, Tracy Mac, John Burke, Neil
summer baseball experience; from 12 to 15 individuals. Each board Butler, Robert Jimenez, Dan Feram.
member is responsible for handling
• To support youth sports programs many behind-the-scenes tasks that High Ranking Volunteers: Giuliana
(with an emphasis on baseball or make Humboldt Crabs Baseball Stagnoli, Andrea Armas, Krista Freeman,
softball) in the Humboldt County possible. Vicky Walker, Tim Warner, Tres O'Brien,
area with contributions of funding and Cooper Stanley.
and/or equipment, as funds permit, The current Board of Directors was
in addition to annual baseball established in 1995 when the team Ball Park Manager: Charlene Pellatz
skills camps and clinics operated was on the verge of collapse, and a

Thank You Ballpark Staff!

The Crabs ballpark staff is made up of mostly Humboldt State University students and
other students looking for their first job. The Crabs organization hires a team of about 15
individuals to run the ballpark during the summer months. The staff is required to fill out
an online application in early April, and is interviewed at the end of the month. Many staff
members stay with the Crabs for several years. Some have even gone on to work for major
league teams. Without the staff, Crabs baseall season would not be possible.

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Crabby
Kids run
the bases
after every
Sunday's
game. Line
up on the
3rd base
side.

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