Baseball will be the theme of the night as the Grand Rapids Griffins team up with the West Michigan Whitecaps to present Whitecaps Night on Friday, March 16.
According to a press release, the Griffins will wear Whitecaps-inspired jerseys, in addition to stirrup-styled socks, blue gloves and blue pant shells, for their 7 p.m. game against the Rockford IceHogs.
The special-edition jerseys will be auctioned off post-game with proceeds benefiting the Jake Engel family. He passed away unexpectedly Feb. 6.
Engel was in his second season as a corporate sales account manager after starting with the Griffins as an intern in 2015, and he also spent time with the staffs of the West Michigan Whitecaps and Muskegon Lumberjacks.
A friend of Jake’s set up a GoFundMe page for his wife Rose and their daughter. If you'd like to donate, click here: https://www.gofundme.com/engelstrong.
If you'd like to attend the game, tickets are available at this link.
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