The High A Affiliate of the Tamp Bay Rays, the Bowling Green HotRods, presented its new logos and uniforms for the 2022 season today. The new look is quite a bit different than the previous one. As you can see, the logos are very different. The old ones were more stylized. The new ones are…
Back in 2014, I wrote a series of blog posts about the origin of minor league team names. Since then, the minor league landscape has changed a lot. Clubs moved, adopted new names. All reasons to have a new series in which the new names are added and explained. This time the letter B. B:…
The minor league season came to an end yesterday as the Bowling Green HotRods beat the Peoria Chiefs in the fourth game of the Midwest League championship series. Here is an overview of the winners of each affiliated minor league. AAA Both in the International League and the Pacific Coast League last year’s champions repeated….
It’s that time of the year again. We’re nearing the end of the MLB season and MLB clubs are exploring the Minor League landscape for clubs to cooperate with. Luckily there are clubs that want to stay with their current affiliate. The Tampa Bay Rays are one of those teams. The club from St. Petersburg…
Unless you have been living underneath a rock, you will have read there will be a solar eclipse in the United States today. Minor League Baseball wouldn’t be Minor League Baseball when there would not be teams promoting this eclipse. Four teams will play during today’s eclipse. Those four are in the path of totality….
Except for the name of the parent club, there is nothing fishy about this extension of the Player Development Contract. I was just looking for a catchy title. 🙂 The Tampa Bay Rays and their A Full Season affiliate, the Bowling Green HotRods have extended their PDC with another two years through the 2018 season….
No, no, it is not as shocking as the head tells you. But the head of this blog post is true nevertheless. Tom Dickson, owner of the Montgomery Biscuits is also owner of PCL, a professional catering company specialized in catering and concessions at minor league ballparks. In this case PCL has struck a deal…
The Bowling Green HotRods (A Full Season affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays) and the Kane County Cougars (A Full Season affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks) have unveiled new logos and uniforms. The HotRods presented new team colors, new logos and new uniforms for the 2016 season. The new eye catcher are the new colors:…
Those who do not know me may wonder where the part Biscuit in my moniker comes from. I think that with this article that part will be explained. The Tampa Bay Rays have announced the opening day roster of their AA farm team, the Montgomery Biscuits, playing in the Southern League. The team will be…
