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Tuesday, September 02, 2008
The first shoe drops in what is likely to be a lively off-season for the minor leagues:
there should be no surprise that the Lake County Captains and the as-yet-unnamed Bowling Green team will be moving from the South Atlantic League to the Midwest League in 2010. At the end of the day, objections from some team owners over long commutes and awkward schedules—objections heard from both leagues—were overcome under some pressure from the Cleveland Indians front office, who was strongly lobbying for the move.
Bowling Green is moving from Columbus (GA) and will retain its affiliation with the Rays.
Some other news, which I sort of expected:
It’s a certainty that Triple-A baseball won’t return to Richmond—despite being a market seemingly tailor-made for a Washington Nationals farm team—and what happens in the future is still a matter of debate; we know the Eastern League basically won the rights to the market, but Peter Kirk is pitching a new ballpark that may or may not feature an Atlantic League team.
Rumors are that the Connecticut franchise will be moving to Richmond, although I would think Harrisburg is another possibility.
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1. Crispix Attacks 2: Swag Airlines Posted: September 02, 2008 at 07:09 PM (#2926152)That's what Peter Kirk's proposal is supposed to be about.
-- MWE
Do you know what's going to happen to the Oneonta Tigers? The guy who has owned them since like 1962 finally sold this year...that level of ball might be better for Harrisburg than the Eastern League, if the Senators owners are thinking of moving.
The terms of the sale require Miles Prentice to keep the Tigers in Oneonta through 2010. Prentice owns Huntsville and Midland as well.
One thing that likely will happen is that beer will now be sold at Damaschke Field. The previous owners refused to do it, making the Tigers the only team in organized ball with such a policy.
-- MWE
Luckily for Richmond, the Bluefish ownership is supposed to be taking over the team in Yonkers...so unless that fell through, they won't have to deal with them. From first hand experience....that is a very good thing for the people of Richmond.
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