Northeast Michigan Baseball Reunion and Hall of Fame Induction

  • NEM Hall of Fame Baseball Inductees for 2025, are pictured left to right: Tony Windt, Gary Ozier (accepting posthumous award for Sid Wolfgang, Frank Gawlik (accepting posthumous award for Jim DeWalt), 97-year-old Don Armstrong with bat and plaque, William J. Carstens III accepting posthumous award for Cal Carstens, and Joe Pilot. PHOTO PROVIDED BY JACKIE CARSTENS
    NEM Hall of Fame Baseball Inductees for 2025, are pictured left to right: Tony Windt, Gary Ozier (accepting posthumous award for Sid Wolfgang, Frank Gawlik (accepting posthumous award for Jim DeWalt), 97-year-old Don Armstrong with bat and plaque, William J. Carstens III accepting posthumous award for Cal Carstens, and Joe Pilot. PHOTO PROVIDED BY JACKIE CARSTENS

    PINCONNING

    The Northeast Michigan (NEM) baseball league hosted its 29th Annual Reunion on June 22, 2025, beginning at 11 a.m. at the Cheese House in Pinconning, Michigan.

    Approximately 120 persons attended this year’s reunion.

    The NEM baseball league began in 1916 and lasted until 1986. Over those 70 years, the league included many teams from Bay City to Midland to Alpena. Consisting of professional …