March 20, 2024
GRAND CHUTE — Wisconsin Timber Rattlers players and fans are celebrating the start of the season with the Fox Communities Credit Union Welcome Home Banquet set for 5:30 p.m April 4 in the Fox Communities Credit Union Fox Club.
There will be a social hour, autographs, dinner and a program featuring a Q&A session with the 2024 team and Cam Castro, Milwaukee Brewers vice president of player development.
Castro has been a member of the Brewers organization since 2019 when he was the pitching coach of the Carolina Mudcats.
He spent time at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium in 2020 when the Timber Rattlers hosted the Milwaukee Brewers alternate training site as Milwaukee’s minor league pitching coordinator.
Milwaukee promoted Castro to his current position in July 2022.
Tickets for the event are $35 per person ($17 for children).
Space is limited for the event and fans are urged to make their reservations as soon as possible.
The Welcome Home Banquet tradition started in 1940 when the Conway Hotel held a luncheon for the Appleton Papermakers and Green Bay Bluejays before the Wisconsin State League season.
Since 1940, the Welcome Home Banquet has been held at the Elks Lodge, the Darboy Club, Monarch Gardens, Paper Valley Hotel, Tornado’s and Liberty Hall.
The Fox Communities Credit Union Fox Club at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium started hosting the event in 2014.