Posts tagged: minor league baseball
Did you see them play?
http://www.milb.com/content/page.jsp?sid=t486&ymd=20100625&content_id=11565988&vkey=team2
How long do you suppose it has been since there have been grizzly bears near Fresno?
www.sportspressnw.com
As a kid, I saw the guy in the middle, Fred Hutchinson, several times when he was a manager in the bigs.
“Indians” has been the name of the minor league baseball team here for so long I suppose those who might have a problem with that have either thrown up their hands and moved on or satisfied themselves that the team certainly means no disrespect.
Because I don't hear a lot of complaining about it.
But then I guess you can get used to things.
I once lived in a city where the AA minor league baseball team was called the Chicks, after the Chickasaw tribe. That has changed. The team is now AAA and called the Redbirds or something like that.
You can decide for yourself which is more fun to say.
www.eatlocalmemphis.org
Features writer Paul Turner is a columnist for The Spokesman-Review in the Features department. He writes "The Slice" column, which appears six times a week and produces general features stories for the Today section.
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