Lakeland Flying Tigers
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| Lakeland Flying Tigers Founded in 1963 Lakeland, Florida |
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| League titles | 1976, 1977, 1992 | ||
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| Owner(s)/Operated by: Detroit Tigers, Inc. | |||
| Manager: Mike Rojas | |||
| General Manager: Zach Burek | |||
The Lakeland Flying Tigers are a minor league baseball team based in Lakeland, Florida.
Home games are played at Joker Marchant Stadium; opened in 1966 and renovated in 2003. The park, which also doubles as the Detroit Tigers spring training home, seats 8,500 fans. It plays in the Florida State League and has been the High-A affiliate of the Tigers since 1967, one of the two longest unbroken affiliate relationships currently existing.[1] Until November 2006, the team was known as the Lakeland Tigers, with branding similar to the parent club.
The team's new name and colors pay homage to the Lakeland School of Aeronautics, later the Lodwick School of Aeronautics, which trained over 8,000 pilots between 1940 and 1945, some of whom later flew with the Flying Tigers in China during World War II.[2] The school was actually located at the current site of Joker Marchant Stadium.[3]
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[edit] Notable former ballplayers
- Gabe Kapler, outfielder
- Pat Underwood, pitcher
[edit] Current roster
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Lakeland Flying Tigers roster
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[edit] References
- ^ Hill, Benjamin. "PDC's make everything old new again, www.milb.com". Web.minorleaguebaseball.com. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100923&content_id=15011556&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
- ^ By Benjamin Hill / Special to MLB.com (November 13, 2006). "Article | Lakeland Flying Tigers News". Minorleaguebaseball.com. http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20061113&content_id=143847&vkey=news_t570&fext=.jsp&sid=t570. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
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| Toledo Mud Hens | Erie SeaWolves |
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