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Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Charleston RiverDogs change price of drink promotion
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Charleston Riverdogs fans will be paying more than usual on what was once Dollar Beer Night this season. The minor league baseball organization announced Monday that the price of beer on the special promotional night will rise from $1 to $5. The team said the change is due to continued inflation and rising costs across the board. Although the change was made, RiverDogs officials said they still wanted to keep the promotion night as it is a fan-favorite event. 'We understand this may be a shift for some, and we want to assure you that we've worked hard to make this change while keeping it affordable for our loyal fans,' officials said in a statement. 'We believe the $5 Beer Nigh will still offer great value, and we're excited to continue delivering a fun, affordable atmosphere at our ballpark.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Los Angeles Times
14-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
In ‘Eephus,' a day of baseball comes to life in all its loose-limbed, adult-league glory
Weekend warriors on their beloved Massachusetts field of battle, fighting a setting sun, form the warmly gruff, jersey-clad roster of 'Eephus,' Carson Lund's appealing beer toast of a baseball picture about a final small-town showdown on a soon-to-be-razed ballpark. The title, pulled from the pastime's rich glossary, refers to an arced throw of such deliberately underwhelming velocity that it confounds the batter. What's been pitched here, however, has enough wonderfully lived-in bend, air and tempo to keep from straying off course. Baseball movies are so often engineered for big-game glory moments, they've forgotten the part that's like an afternoon game of catch. (Something 'Bull Durham' filmmaker Ron Shelton got, admittedly.) Lund, making his feature directing debut after establishing himself as a noteworthy indie cinematographer (most recently on 'Christmas Eve at Miller's Point'), is fan enough of the recreation-league vibe to favor that atmosphere of sun, swigs and swats (the literal and the trash-talking kind) over some predictable competition narrative. His breezy, bittersweet hang of a movie is all the better for it. Not that the visiting River Dogs, led by calm founder Graham (Stephen Radochia), don't want to crush home team Adler's Paint — and vice versa — on this last chance face-off before a school is erected on their cherished diamond. As a bright October day unfolds, the contest mingles with an unavoidable sense of inevitability, but not enough for these once-a-week chums to unnecessarily sentimentalize the situation. Especially when a proper taunt might give you an edge, or at least a good laugh. It's a true ensemble: Altmanesque with a bit of Richard Linklater's eccentricity. The standouts include Keith William Richards, David Pridemore and Theodore Bouloukos in varying shades of appealing grizzledness, with a hilarious appearance by former Red Sox pitcher Bill 'Spaceman' Lee as an interloper who's like the guest turn in an old-school variety show. Lund directs Greg Tango's cinematography toward widescreen compositions and genteel tracking shots of autumnal poetry, allowing every weary soul a ruminative closeup to go with their sharply detailed micro-dramas about the finer points of game play, someone's annoying traits or life's general indignities. 'Eephus,' which Lund wrote with Michael Basta and Nate Fisher (also playing the reliever who explains the film's title, a lazy, hanging pitch) is set in the 1990s, but the only real clues are the cars and a boombox. The constant radio chatter — which includes the unlikely announcing voice of legendary documentarian Frederick Wiseman — doesn't give the era away, nor do the younger characters' hairstyles, since mullets and dreads endure. And that well-thumbed score pad, in which league habitue Franny (a memorable Cliff Blake) pencils in balls, strikes and runs from his fold-up table, could just be an old-timer's personal choice. Elsewhere, the accouterments of middle age — paunches, unkempt beards, intransigence, teasing, a resigned air — are as timeless for human comedy as the melancholic notion that all things run out: daylight, a hired ump's hours, a 12-pack's buzz, an irritable player's patience. The rules of baseball, of course, defy time, and 'Eephus' embraces shagginess as a virtue, almost to a fault. Go grab a hot dog or drink mid-movie. Lund's no-rush, anti-narrative pacing encourages it. That's baseball too. As is the risk, however, that you'll miss that homer or, in this case, that exquisitely framed shot or wonderfully exasperated glance. Maybe the most rewarding quality 'Eephus' displays as a first-ballot hall of fame sports movie is the dedication of Lund and company to just being what they are: no-nonsense celebrants of something ephemeral yet enduring. They just want to get a good long look at everything before it fades completely.
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Charleston RiverDogs to hold national anthem auditions for upcoming season
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A local minor league baseball team is searching for singers to perform the national anthem for the 2025 season. The Charleston RiverDogs announced Monday the organization will hold auditions for individual and group hopefuls to sing the national anthem during the 2025 season. Performers can audition on Monday, Mar. 3, at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. All who will attend must complete the registration form before auditioning. Registration closes at 5 p.m. on Mar. 2. If you cannot attend the in-person auditions, officials encourage those interested to submit an audition video through the registration form. RiverDogs National Anthem- Registration Form Local media personalities will judge the auditions, the RiverDogs said. 'We know that the Charleston area is home to many talented vocalists and performers. With only 66 home games each season, it becomes a challenge to choose a select few to perform at a game,' said RiverDogs Promotions Manager Stephanie Keller. 'This audition will provide an opportunity to impress us and secure a spot for the 2025 season!' Home games are scheduled for Apr. 4 until Aug. 31. You can view the entire schedule at the RiverDogs website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
