{"id":27315,"date":"2015-06-13T11:41:31","date_gmt":"2015-06-13T18:41:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=27315"},"modified":"2015-06-13T11:41:31","modified_gmt":"2015-06-13T18:41:31","slug":"midland-explorers-back-in-action-host-fastpitch-tournament-this-weekend-at-emerson-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/?p=27315","title":{"rendered":"Midland Explorers back in action, host fastpitch tournament this weekend at Emerson Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Midland-M.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Midland-M.jpg\" alt=\"Midland-M\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-27316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Midland-M.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Midland-M-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/Midland-M-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>By Joel Barnhart, The Midland Daily News<\/em><\/p>\n<p>After a one-year hiatus, the Midland Explorers Men\u2019s Major fastpitch softball team returns to the diamond this weekend at the Lefty Bartos\/Lee Isenhart Memorial tournament at Emerson Park.<\/p>\n<p>Concerns with sponsorship and the aging core of the team prompted what longtime Explorers\u2019 player Kyle Beane called a \u201chiatus\u201d last season.<\/p>\n<p>With those issues addressed, Beane said the team is back and ready to go with a younger roster with a very local flavor.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"pullquote\">\u201cIt was a big change (not playing),\u201d he said. \u201cI think it was time to shift the focus and have a changeover in the roster. The young guys needed a chance to decide how committed they are, and I hope these tournaments this summer get them ready for more.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The team\u2019s roster has a lot of new players that are also familiar local names, including Trevor Hoon, T.J. Radosa, Drew Thurston, Dustin Collamer, Thomas Smith, Reid Huntoon, Jake Enszer, and Lars Cronkright from Midland.<\/p>\n<p>Returning Explorers\u2019 players include Beane, Aaron Kraft and Zack Lach of Frankenmuth, Justin Davis from Midland, and Chris Randall from Bay City.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ourmidland.com\/sports\/midland-explorers-back-in-action-host-fastpitch-tournament-this-weekend\/article_5d00fa31-7263-57e7-82a2-f58fb92b1f4b.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the entire article at The Midland Daily News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joel Barnhart, The Midland Daily News After a one-year hiatus, the Midland Explorers Men\u2019s Major fastpitch softball team returns to the diamond this weekend at the Lefty Bartos\/Lee Isenhart Memorial tournament at Emerson Park. Concerns with sponsorship and the aging core of the team prompted what longtime Explorers\u2019 player Kyle Beane called a \u201chiatus\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,23],"tags":[290,77,76],"class_list":{"0":"post-27315","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-teams","7":"category-tournaments","8":"tag-bartosisenhart","9":"tag-explorers","10":"tag-midland","11":"entry","12":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27315"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27317,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27315\/revisions\/27317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fastpitchwest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}