The Bowling Green Hot Rods are a Minor League Baseball team of the Midwest League and the Class A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. They are located in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and play their home games at Bowling Green Ballpark which opened in 2009. The team is named for the city's connections to the automotive and racing industries such as the National Corvette Museum, Holley Carburetor, Beech Bend Raceway, and the Bowling Green Assembly Plant.
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History
The Hot Rods began life as the Wilmington Waves, one of two South Atlantic League expansion teams for the 2001 season. However, the Waves' stay at Brooks Field in Wilmington, North Carolina, lasted but a single season. They became the South Georgia Waves when the team was moved to the Paul Eames Sports Complex in Albany, Georgia, for the 2002 season. The team retained the moniker name when it again moved to Golden Park in Columbus, Georgia, just before the 2003 campaign. One year later, in 2004, the franchise changed names and became the Columbus Catfish.
In April 2008, ownership moved the team to Bowling Green effective for the 2009 season under the new nickname "Hot Rods." Their first manager as the Hot Rods was Matt Quatraro.
In 2010, the Hot Rods and the Lake County Captains moved from the South Atlantic League to the Midwest League, a plan meant to alleviate travel expenses associated with routine road trips as well as player movement within the teams' respective organizations.
In December 2013, Art Solomon, owner of the Hot Rods for five years, sold the team to Manhattan Capital Sports.
The Hot Rods have been widely recognized for their promotional efforts. In 2009, the team's "What Could've Been Night" was named Promotion of the Year by MiLB.com. In 2010, Hot Rods Assistant General Manager Greg Coleman was honored as Marketer of the Year by the Professional Marketing Association.
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Playoffs
- 2011: Lost to Fort Wayne 2-0 in quarterfinals
- 2012: Lost to Lake County 2-0 in quarterfinals
- 2013: Lost to Fort Wayne 2-0 in quarterfinals
- 2016: Lost to Great Lakes 2-1 in quarterfinals
- 2017: Lost to Fort Wayne 2-0 in quarterfinals
Roster
Notable Alumni
- Tim Beckham
- Yonny Chirinos
- Alex Colome
- Derek Dietrich
- Jacob Faria
- Dylan Floro
- Kevin Kiermaier
- Luke Maile
- Matt Moore
- Taylor Motter
- Joey Rickard
- Blake Snell
- Andrew Toles
- Kirby Yates
References
External links
- Official website
Source of article : Wikipedia
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