Off the press

Two items from the newswire:

Here's an interesting story from the Kalamazoo Gazette:

http://www.mlive.com/sports/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/sports-2/1179825651205050.xml&coll=7

Seems they were giving away free tickets in Kzoo last year by the handful (not smart). The Kings' owner says the policy has changed this year. I guess that's why the official attendance at Kzoo Wednesday night - on opening night! - was only 729.

* Ex-Wild Thing Lance Koenig has been released by the Pensacola Pelicans of the independent American Association. Koenig spent two years in Washington, playing third base in 2005 and catcher in 2006. A .279 hitter last year, Koenig was batting only .171 in 9 games for the Pelicans. He was playing second base and had committed four errors. If anything was learned from the Wild Things' 2005 season, it was that Koenig is not an infielder.