Category: History

On the End of the Line: The Sea Kitten Story

In anticipation of the Harmony Sea Kittens’ 9th – but certainly not final- life, On the End of the Line is preparing a retrospective of the Sea Kittens’ first 8 seasons, from the team’s nothing-if-not-enthusiastic beginning, through its 2012 championship, The Schneid, and into its prospects for the 2018 season. Manager Joe Hennessy, founder Erin O’Brien, Sea Kitten legend Tommy Tom Tom Seahorse Cichosz, Heidibadger Nelson and many others recently sat down with OETL recently and

Moustache Night!

September 27, 2011 Harmony Sea Kittens 20, Echo Tap Mighty Oaks 4 Inspired by the Milwaukee Brewers division championship and return to the MLB playoffs, Harmony Sea Kittens management declared the team’s September 27 matchup with Echo Tap Mighty Oaks “Moustache Night,” to honor the Milwaukee Club and do something special for Matt “Doc” Kornis in the final game of his Sea Kitten career.   After a successful inaugural campaign, Sea Kittens  moved into the upper Wednesday

The Running of The Kristen

September 12, 2012 Magnetic Monopoles 13, Sea Kittens 11 ‘Twas a fall-league game vs. arch-friendly rivals Magnetic Monopoles- before they became Infield Flies (or even Baltimore Factorioles), and before there was a Can O’Corn Trophy at stake. The scene: Joe was on first, Kristen on second. Jon at bat. Jon doubled to left-center, and Joe decided he would score from first- but in order to do so, Kristen must get there first. Joe caught her

Sea Kittens Celebrate 2012 Champions

ON THIS DATE-  August 22, 2012 Five years ago today Sea Kittens made its third season of existence a memorable one, winning Buffalo League Championship- the team’s first, and to date, only summer season title.  THE TEAM Solid top-to-bottom, the 2012 Cats featured a dynamic duo in Gretchen “G-mama” Hansen (455/471/576, 12 runs scored, 8 RBI) and Erin O’Brien (469/514/688, 11 runs, 9 RBI, 3 triples) and were paced by Josh Ghena’s 0.667 batting average,