Vergas Loons "Get to Know Em"

Player: Nathan Silbernagle
Number: 3
Position: Pitcher/3rd Base
Age: 20
Throw: Right
Bat: Right
Favorite Team: Twins
Favorite Player: Joe Nathan
Baseball Memory: Going to state my junior year of
high school and taking 3rd.

Player: Kerry Lockrem
Number: 5
Position: 2nd Base
Age: 19
Throw: Right
Bat: Right
Favorite Team: Twins
Favorite Player: Cal Ripken Jr.

Player: A.J. Bunkowske
Number: 6
Position: Catcher/Pitcher/Infield
Age: 27
Throw: Right
Bat: Right
Favorite Team: Twins, Cubs, Loons
(Not in that order)
Favorite Player: Pete Rose
Baseball Memory: (Too many to choose from)
Bat boy for the loons and going to the State
Tournament with the Loons in 2002.
Any other facts: Loon blood flows through my veins.

Player: Kyle Schrupp
Number: 9
Position: Left Field
Age: 28
Throw: Right
Bat: Right
Favorite Team: Twins
Favorite Player: Barry Bonds
Baseball Memory: My only
home run, Ever!!

Player: Garrett Bunkowske
Number: 10
Position: 1st Base/Assistant Manager
Age: 23
Throw: Right
Bat: Right
Favorite Team: Cubies & Twinkies
Favorite Player: Kent Hrbeck
Baseball Memory: Being bat boy for
previous Loon Ball "Greats," and never
losing a game my whole little league
career. (3 years straight)
Any other facts: I make my own clubs of
wonder, I've been in the Loon's dugout
since I was 5 years old.

Player: Jake Bachmann
Number: 11
Position: Catcher/Outfield
Age: 29
Throw: Right
Bat: Left
Favorite Team: Twins
Favorite Player: Al Bachmann
Baseball Memory: Being
chosen the 2005 MVP for the
Countryside Baseball League.

Player: Brandon Olson
Number: 13
Position: Catcher/Outfield/Infield
Age: 26
Throw: Right
Bat: Right
Favorite Team: Twins
Favorite Player: Joe Mauer
Baseball Memory: Catching for
Adam Fudge's perfect game.
Having fun with the guys.
Any other facts: Went to Northland
College and Bemidji State.

Player: Steven Branby
Number: 12
Position: 1st Base/Outfield
Age: 21
Throw: Right
Bat: Right
Favorite Team: Boston Red Soxs
Favorite Player: Andres Gallaraga
Baseball Memory: Going to state my
junior year of high school and taking 3rd.

Player: Jake Stoll
Number: 14
Position: Pitcher/1st Base/Outfield
Age: 26
Throw: Left
Bat: Left
Favorite Team: Expos
Favorite Player: Matt Stairs
Baseball Memory: Game winning hit
against Vergas in Little League off of
A.J. Bunkowske, shattered aluminum
bat. State tourney in 02 with Vergas
Loons and twice in high school.
Any other facts: I like Wednesdays in
Vergas, sandwiches, and soft things.

Player: Ethan Soland
Number: 16
Position: 2nd Base/Short
Stop
Age: 26
Throw: Right
Bat: Right
Favorite Team: Twins
Favorite Player: Greg
Gagne
Baseball Memory: Going
to the State Tournament
with the Loons in 2002
and beating Willmar.

Player: Joe Erb
Number: 17
Position: Centerfield
Age: 28
Throw: Right
Bat: Right
Favorite Team: Twins
Favorite Player: Lew Ford
Baseball Memory: Going to the
State Tournament with the Loons
in 2002.

Player: Marcus Zitzow
Number: 26
Position: 1st Base/Outfield
Throw: Right
Bat: Right
Favorite Team: MN Twins
Favorite Player: Kirby
Puckett
Baseball Memory: Hitting
a Home Run my first at bat
at Bemidji State University.
Any other Facts: I love
steak, pancakes, and the
female race.

Player: Austin Maneval
Number: Bat Boy
Age: 10
Throw: Right
Bat: Right
Favorite Team: Chicago White Sox
Favorite Player: Tori Hunter
Baseball Memory: Watching the
Loons win and getting hit in the eye
during practice.

Player: Keith Bunkowske
Number: 2
Position: Manager
Age: 54
Throw: Right
Bat: Right
Favorite Team: Twins
Favorite Player: Rodney Cline
Carew
Baseball Memory: Beating
Dent twice in the Metrodome in
1985 and 1988. I got married on
April 24th, 1976 in the Twin
Cities and returned home the
next day to beat Ponsford 11-1. I
knew this marriage would last
because she loves the game
almost as much as I do.
Any other facts: The Vergas
Loons sold over 1,000 tickets
for the game Vergas vs. Dent in
1985 in the Metrodome. I then
got to go down to home plate in
the Metrodome and receive a
plaque on behalf of the Loons
before a Twins game. Vergas
still holds the record for most
tickets being sold.

Jake Stoll, 1st Row: Joe Erb, Kerry Lockrem, Keith Blattenbauer, Garrett
Dahlgren, Andrew Lockrem, Josh Skrove, & Nate Silbernagel
2nd Row: Coach, Keith Bunkowske, Brandon Olson, Josh Hoskins, A.J.
Bunkowske, Jake Bachmann, Marcus Zitzow, Garrett Bunkowske, & Kyle Schrupp

Not Pictured: Ethan Soland & Bat Boy, Austin Maneval & Wiley Bachmann

Player: Josh Hoskins
Number: 4
Position: Pitcher/Outfield
Age: 20
Throw: Right
Bat: Right
Favorite Player:Jacoby Elsbury
Favorite Team: Bost Red Sox
Baseball Memory: My freshman baseball season we
went 18-2 and set the season record at our school

Player: Garrett Dahlgren
Number: 7
Position: Pitcher/Infield
Age:
Throw: Right
Bat: Right
Favorite Team:
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Player: Keith Blattenbauer
Number: 15
Position: Pitcher/Infield
Throw: Right
Bat: Right
Favorite Team:
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Baseball Memory:
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Player: Andrew Lockrem
Position: Infield/Outfield
Age:
Throw: Right
Bat: Right
Favorite Team:
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Player :Wiley Bachmann
Number: Bat Boy
Age: 4
Throw: Right
Bat: Right
Favorite Team: Vergas Loons
Favorite Player: My Dad #11 Jake
Bachmann
My Favorite Thing about Baseball:
Everything! I love to practice with
the guys