Stormy weather and wildfire smoke did not deter fans of the Edmonton Riverhawks this summer. The peculiar thing about the Riverhawks is that they’ve found a way to tap into the casual Edmonton sports fan in a way that just about every other sports team in the city hasn’t. Ask around, and you’ll find people who never had a care in the world about sports rave about how fun going to a Riverhawks game is. “These players come up from the best baseball schools in America, and they love playing in front of eight, nine thousand fans,” Hogle said. “We’re now five years into this, and we’re still learning lots every game,” Hogle said.