Lowell Spinners
| Lowell Spinners Founded in 1996 Lowell, Massachusetts |
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| Owner(s)/Operated by: Drew Weber | |||
| Manager: Bruce Crabbe | |||
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The Lowell Spinners are a Short-Season A minor league baseball affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.
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[edit] History
Founded in 1996 after Clyde Smoll moved the Elmira Pioneers to Lowell, Massachusetts, the Spinners play in the New York - Penn League, which has a Short-Season A classification with 76 games a year. The Spinners play 38 of the 76 games at their home park, Edward A. LeLacheur Park, in Lowell, near the Merrimack River. The official mascots of the Spinners are Canaligator (introduced January 19, 1996), Allie-Gator (introduced July 8, 1999), and Millie-Gator (introduced Opening Day 2006).
In 2005, the Spinners offered to pay for the uniforms to all Little Leagues in New England so that they would change all teams named "Yankees" into "Spinners".[1]
In 2007 WLLH 1400 A.M. (at that time Lowell's ESPN Radio affiliate) was the flagship of Lowell Spinners baseball, after several years on Lowell talk station WCAP. As of 2008, Spinners games are back on WCAP.[2]
On September 1, 2008, the Spinners reached the NYPL (New York-Penn League) playoffs for the first time capturing the Stedler Division title. The Lowell Spinners reached the playoffs in 2009, and have not reached them since.
As of the conclusion of the 2008 Spinners season, the franchise had sold out the past 346 games dating back to prior decade. In August 2010 the streak was snapped at 413 games. Going into the 2011 season the Spinners still have plenty of tickets for sale and hope to start a new streak.
In 2011, Lowell Spinners owner Drew Weber founded the newly formed Futures Collegiate Baseball League with a charter franchise, the Nashua Silver Knights at Holman Stadium in Nashua, NH.
[edit] Spinners alumni
- Luis Alicea (Manager)
- Clay Buchholz
- Felix Doubront
- David Eckstein
- Jacoby Ellsbury
- Adam Everett
- Tim Federowicz
- Lew Ford
- Casey Fossum
- Nick Hagadone
- Shea Hillenbrand
- Jose Iglesias
- Corey Jenkins
- Gabe Kapler
- Ryan Kalish
- Ryan Lavarnway
- Jed Lowrie
- Mike Maroth
- Justin Masterson
- David Murphy
- Yamaico Navarro
- Jonathan Papelbon
- Hanley Ramírez
- Dustin Richardson
- Aníbal Sánchez
- Wilton Veras
- Kyle Weiland
- Kevin Youkilis
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[edit] References
- ^ Todd Civin (March 2, 2010). "Lowell Spinners Enter Fifth Year Of Yankee Elimination Program". Bleacher Report. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/355141-lowell-spinners-enter-fifth-year-of-yankee-elimination-program. Retrieved June 30, 2010.
- ^ "Spinners radio broadcast returns: The entire 2008 season to be broadcast on the new 980 WCAP Radio". New York - Penn League. November 2, 2007. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071102&content_id=319621&vkey=pr_l127&fext=.jsp&sid=l127. Retrieved June 21, 2008.
[edit] External links
- Official Website of the Spinners
- MiLB Lowell Spinners page
- Lowell Spinners on Lowell.com
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