Class C baseball in Lake Crystal, Minnesota
Lake Crystal 9 are an amateur baseball club from Lake Crystal, Minnesota, playing Class C in the River Valley West League under the Minnesota Baseball Association. They went 1-13 in 2026 under manager Dan Buss at Collis Field.
The club is called Lake Crystal 9. No animal, no color, no trade. A town and the number of men it takes to field a side. It is the plainest name in this directory and, once you have read two hundred Hawks and Cardinals, easily the most striking.
The Minnesota Baseball Association has the ballpark address entered as Hey 20, which is Highway 20 typed quickly by somebody who had other things to do that evening. It has been serving that way ever since.
Ten classification points for a Blue Earth County town of about two thousand five hundred.
A club named for the number of men it takes to start a game, at an address the association typed as Hey 20. High Cheese gives Lake Crystal a real address and a name that lands.
Lake Crystal 9 in detail
- A summer season of River Valley West League games, region games and invitationals.
- Lake Crystal 9 finished 2026 at 1-13 in the River Valley West League.
- Results with full box scores on the club's MBA page.
- A published roster with positions, ages and schools.
- Season hitting and pitching lines, plus per-game box scores.
- Dan Buss manages; the club lists no email or phone.
- No published tryout, form or fee.
- Home is Collis Field, Highway 20, Lake Crystal, Minnesota 56055.
- MBA rules, Class C at 10 classification points.
- News runs through the MBA state feed, not the club.
- In-season invitationals, with the MBA state tournament above them.
- No founding date or title list published.
- No club officers published.
- Documents belong to the association, not the club.
- The MBA runs a state calendar; the club's dates are games.
- No merchandise or store published.
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