LETTER FROM THE OWNER It’s our fifth season of the United Shore Professional Baseball League (USPBL) at Jimmy John’s Field. Over the past four years, we have seen hundreds of thousands of fans pass through the gates of our world-class ballpark to experience top-notch baseball and a family entertainment environment that is second to none. Although this season may be different, we are still playing a full season and have introduced the USPBL Network. All games will be featured on YouTube and Facebook Live. Over the course of my career, I have experienced opening the Palace of Auburn Hills and winning two NBA Championships as Senior Vice President of the Detroit Pistons. I have owned an English Premier League Football (soccer) Club - The Derby County Football Club - and experienced the excitement of the Club playing a major ANDREW D. APPLEBY playoff match in front of 90,000 fans at Wembley Stadium in London. Commissioner, Chairman & Founder I learned a great deal from each of those experiences, and in 2016, I was afforded the opportunity to employ every best practice that I have learned over 30 years at the highest level of sports management and marketing with the founding of the USPBL, metro Detroit’s first-ever independent professional baseball league, and opening of this magnificent ballpark in historic downtown Utica. During the USPBL’s spectacular fourth season at Jimmy John’s Field, we produced 62 sell outs out of 75 games, including the 2019 USPBL Championship Game, which set a new single game attendance record (by 500) of 4,926 fans. Our guests were treated to the best baseball and the best overall family entertainment experience in the history of our league, with 10 more players being signed to contracts by Major League organizations (bringing the 4-year total to an exceptional 37), the sales of Utica Unicorns merchandise spread across the country, and the USPBL was featured on national MLB broadcasts. We also had our third play make it on ESPN’s Top 10 Plays, and we once again had 10 games broadcast on ESPN3. It was a truly outstanding fourth season, and perhaps nothing was more exciting than seeing our first USPBL alum make it to the Majors, when former Utica Unicorns pitcher Randy Dobnak was called up in August by the Minnesota Twins! Randy made his debut with the Twins on August 9, 2019, pitching 4 scoreless innings in relief. He remained with the club through the rest of the 2019 season, posting a 1.59 Earned Run Average with 23 Strikeouts, and he even started Game 2 of the American League Divisional Series against the New York Yankees. Randy is the first of what we expect to be many USPBL players who will achieve their ultimate goal of making it to the Big Show, as the vision of the USPBL as a developmental league for MLB continues to take root. We look forward to seeing the ballpark continue to bring families, friends and coworkers alike together to enjoy America’s pastime very soon. We will continue to maintain Jimmy John’s Field as the cleanest and safest ballpark in America, with triple the service levels so that we deliver a premium experience at a less than premium price. We believe this ballpark is a crown jewel and THE place to be for families in Macomb and Oakland County. It’s time to Play Ball! I invite you to sit back and enjoy the game, and I thank you for being a part of the 2020 season at Jimmy John’s Field! ANDREW D. APPLEBY Commissioner 2019 No curveballs, The game is always changing. 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