Cedar Rapids Kernels Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Andrew Pantini (319) 896-7601

Four chosen for Cedar Rapids Baseball 2011 Hall of Fame

Cedar Rapids, IA – Four individuals have been selected for induction into the Cedar Rapids
Baseball Hall of Fame at the 15th Annual Hot Stove Banquet on January 8, 2011. They are
Bob Brenly, Jeff Mathis, Dave Miley and Mike Novak.

Bob Brenly, the featured speaker at this year’s banquet, is a former catcher
and manager in Major League Baseball. The burly right-hander was signed
by the San Francisco Giants as a third baseman out of Ohio University (where
he tied Mike Schmidt’s single-season HR record), then switched to catcher
in 1979, his fourth pro season. He played for the Cedar Rapids Giants in
1977, hitting .271 with 22 HR and 73 RBI in 136 games. Brenly won the
Giants’ starting catching job in 1984, hitting .291 with 20 HR and 80 RBI.
In Game Four of the 1987 NLCS he homered off the Cardinals’ Danny Cox.
After several seasons in the broadcast booth, Brenly was hired to replace Buck Showalter
as manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks in October 2000, winning a World Series with the
Diamondbacks in 2001. He is currently the color commentator for Chicago Cubs baseball
on WGN and Comcast SportsNet. His son, Michael, is a catcher in the Cubs organization
and played with Peoria in the MWL during the 2009 season.

Jeff Mathis was signed by the LA Angels in the first round (33rd overall
pick) of the 2001 Free Agent Draft out of Marianna (FL) High School and
played for the Cedar Rapids Kernels in 2002. That season, he hit .287 in
128 games with 10 HR and 73 RBI, but missed the MWL playoffs due to
a broken cheekbone. He made his MLB debut on April 5, 2006 against
Seattle as the lone rookie on the Angels’ roster. Prior to the 2010 season,
he had played in 266 MLB games, with a career .200 average, 20 HR and
99 RBI. He set the Cedar Rapids club record with 41 doubles in 2002 and
was named to the MWL All-Star Team. Jeff was recruited by Florida State to play football
and still resides in his hometown of Marianna, FL.

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Cedar Rapids Ball Club, Inc.

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 Dave Miley managed the Cedar Rapids Reds in back-to-back 80 win
seasons in 1989 and 1990 and was named the MWL Manager of the Year
in 1989. As a player, Miley topped out at AAA, hitting .238 with 16 HR and
172 RBI in eight minor league seasons. Miley has managed 21 seasons,
including three years as the skipper of the Cincinnati Reds (2003-05). He
was the manager of the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees in 2010, posting an
87-56 record, but falling to Columbus in the first round of the International
League Playoffs. He resides in Covington, KY.

Mike Novak joined the Cedar Rapids Ball Club’s Board of Directors in 1984.
He and his wife, Mary, helped establish the Little Reds youth baseball teams
in 1989, and those teams are still playing today as the CR Reds under the
USSSA banner. Mike is a former Quaker Oats employee and is currently
employed at Ralston Foods in Cedar Rapids. He has three children, two
grandchildren and two more grandchildren on the way.

The 15th Annual Hot Stove Banquet will be held on Saturday, January 8th, starting at 5:30
pm at the Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hotel in Cedar Rapids and features: a live and silent
auction to benefit the Kernels Foundation; and dinner with the featured speaker to be
former major league player and manager Bob Brenly. Tickets are $37.50 in advance and
$45 at the door. Corporate tables of ten are available for $350 and children 14 and under
are $20. Tickets can be purchased by calling (319) 363-3887, in person at Perfect Game
Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium, or on-line at www.kernels.com.

The mission of the Cedar Rapids Ball Club Hall of Fame is to honor those individuals who,
through extraordinary personal effort, have furthered the existence, quality or preservation
of professional baseball in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Hall of Fame is located in the Bimm
Ridder Diamond Shop at Veterans Memorial Stadium and is open during all Kernel home
games, normal store hours, or by special appointment.

Cedar Rapids Ball Club, Inc.

Class A
affiliate of the P.O. Box 2001 • Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52406-2001 • Phone (319) 363-3887 • Fax (319) 363-5631
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (800) 860-3609 • Web Site: www.kernels.com • E-mail: kernels@kernels.com Member of the Midwest League