Honkers Eager to Start Season

The Rochester baseball team is getting ready for a season with new pandemic precautions

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The rochester honkers are hoping they can get back to the diamond baseball could be back in the med city soon.

We're checking in with the rochester honkers next.

The rochester honkers are hoping they can get back to the diamond soon.

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Other teams in the northwoods league have gotten the greenlight to start, but that's not the case for the honkers.

Kimt news three sports zach gilleland is live with when the team believes they'll begin play and how they're preparing for that date.

Katie and kaleb, i speak for a lot of baseball fans when i say we all just want to see america's pastime back.

The rochester honkers are anxiously waiting to see when their season will start and general manager jeremy aagard thinks it's right around the corner.xx all we're waiting is that green light and we're ready."

The rochester honkers just want to play baseball.

The only problem is that they don't know when it will be.

"we have a very short window for our business but we're in the same boat as everyone else."

For the past two months, the honkers have sat and waited... for when they'll return to the diamond.

The northwoods league returned to action today in north dakota..

And the league has announced play will return in wisconsin, illinois and michigan.

"on a summer night like tonight you'll usually find mayo field packed with spectators, but for the past few months, the stadium has remained empty."

The honkers are waiting on approval from the state before they can start their season.

"it's been a constant constant conversation, daily conversations between all the general managers of hey if this happens this is what we need to do this is where we need to be."

Rochester is targeting a july first opening day.

They've prepared an aggressive readiness plan to keep the ballpark clean once fans return.

"sanitation stations, employees wearing masks, taking care of the players with temp checks when they come in.

We really want to take the fans safety and our sponsors safety up to the next level."

Maybe the most excited for honker baseball to return?

Aagard says it's the fans.

"the phone has been ringing off the hook daily.

The fans are excited, they want to get out of their house, they want to do something fun and they want to be with their family in an environment that caters to everything they want to do.

Whether aagard tells me when the honkers get the greenlight, they'll be placed in a pod with other teams from minnesota and one from waterloo.

Those teams would only play one another from inside their pod.

Live in rochester, zach gilleland, kimt news three.xx thanks zach.

Aagard says that if july first isn't an option, they'll try to start early in the month with an extended season.xx meanwhile ?

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It seems as if the governing bodies have a good grip on how to control everything and limit the potential spread... we're looking forward to seeing how this plays out and once again being able to share the stories of these