Nothing says summer like the return of Humboldt Crabs Baseball. With games kicking off this weekend at the Arcata Ball Park, the Crabs are the oldest continuously operated, independent, summer collegiate baseball team in the U.S., bringing 80 years of tradition, hometown pride and small-town fun to our corner of the world. First game of […]
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A New Season and New Conference for the Crabs
Like a lot of people, I drive by the empty Arcata Ball Park in the winter months, longing for sunny days at the yard. The Crab Grass Band plays in my head with the cheers of “Tip Tip Hooray,” the chanting of “Nanananana BATBOY!” and even our famous hecklers. The promise of summer and Humboldt […]
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Play Ball!
Batter up! The Crabgrass Band is tuning up and the Humboldt Crabs are getting ready to take the first swings of the summer at Arcata Ball Park tonight at 7 p.m. There are no tickets for sale at the gate, so make sure to get your tickets online at humboldtcrabs.com before you take yourself out to the ballpark […]
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Crab Grass Band Returns to the Park Tonight, Crabs Host Mudcats July 2-4
Humboldt Crabs Baseball is back in full swing with the ballpark now open to full capacity and the Crab Grass Band returning to the stands tonight. (Get recaps of home games all summer at www.northcoastjournal.com.) For the holiday weekend, the Crabbies host the Solano Mudcats July 2-4 with the Crab Grass Band tootin’ on the […]
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Help the Humboldt Crabs Strike Out COVID-19
The Humboldt Crabs are making it easier to get back into the swing of things by offering two COVID-19 vaccination clinics this summer. The first one is this Saturday, June 19 at a mobile clinic next to Arcata Ball Park from 5 to 7 :30 p.m. with a pretty sweet deal attached to it: Get […]
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Crabs Tickets on Sale Now, Stock Car Races at Redwood Acres
Take us out to the ballgame. Please! Our Humboldt Crabs return to host the Lincoln Potters for a three-game series that kicks off Friday, June 4 at Arcata Ball Park. While Friday’s game is totally sold out and bleacher seats are sold out for the remaining two games, there are still (pod) spots on the grass […]
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Former Crab Signs with the Reds
Oh, the places you’ll go, Crabs, go. CSU Bakersfield junior and former Humboldt Crabs MVP Damian Henderson signed a professional contract with the Cincinnati Reds on Friday. Cue the cowbell. The Humboldt Crabs gave a shout out to their former teammate on Twitter on Saturday and signed off with hashtag #lifeasacrab. Congrats on signing Damian! Good […]
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Your 2019 Crabs
Well, here we are again. Aug. 6. A year ago today I posted my first last Crabs column of the season. It was titled “Crabs Season is Over and Everything is Garbage.” A year on down the road and not much has changed, except my waistline. Much like our summer days, this time of year […]
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Crabs Smash Potters and a Record
He did it. HE FINALLY DID IT. Damian Henderson hit his 10th home run of the year in the bottom of the third inning Friday evening, breaking the 13-year record set by Brian Blouser. It was a frozen rope to right field that nearly busted the scoreboard. Henderson went tearing down the base path, watching […]
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Deja Vu All Over Again – Another Split Series Victory for the Crabs
Bryce Kirk simply cannot stop hitting dingers. You couldn’t keep this kid in the park with a leash. He goes yard more than a stick. He has five home runs in the last three games and Wednesday night he hit two bombs for the second time this week, his seventh and eighth on the year. […]
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Bubbling Over: Photos from the Fourth in Arcata
The only things exploding on the Arcata plaza for the 4th of July Jubilee were thousands of soap bubbles, as the Bubbles Promenade kicked off the event with a crowd of children and adults blowing bubbles. The soapy parade that also included a few rhutabaga Queens for Life and a mix of Kinetic Race vehicles, […]
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A Series Told in Two Parts: Fourth of July
Part I – Through the Eyes of a Neophyte My younger brother came up this past week. Called me from the highway Monday afternoon and asked if I “got any plans this week?” I did not, so I vacuumed my couch, coiled my spare cables and did what every good Humboldtian does when they find […]