Minor league shifts for Lake County, Bowling Green
Lake County will be moving from the South Atlantic League to the Midwest League in 2010. A Tampa Bay Rays affiliate in Columbus, GA set to move to Bowling Green, KY will also be a part of the Midwest League. The Indians apparently lobbied strongly for the change due to scheduling and travel difficulties.
As an aside, I wasn't able to find a link directly to the story, so I just linked the front page which had the story on it.
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Aw, sh*t.
I’ll fix it. But I just want everyone to be aware that I made an embarrassing mistake.
Steel Nick
Hey, they’re both remote Midwest college-towns. Easy mistake.
by PatBordersHelmet on Sep 2, 2008 5:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Bad news for mid-Atlantic fans — the Captains no longer will visit Lakewood NJ, Hagerstown MD or Delmarva MD.
The Sally League apparently will keep Lexington KY and Charleston WV, which doesn’t really make sense, either. The league’s other eight teams will remain in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
Midwest League cities …
Dayton, OH
Burlington, IA
Davenport, IA
Fort Wayne, IN
South Bend, IN
Geneva, IL
Peoria, IL
Lansing, MI
Midland, MI
Comstock Park, MI
Beloit, WI
… soon to be treated to visits from the Lake County Fighting Faustos.
which is to say i’m excited to see Indians farmhands in the near future
by Gradyforpresident on Sep 2, 2008 5:33 PM EDT up reply actions
Sorry … yes, I neglected to list
Appleton, WI
Cedar Rapids, IA
Clinton, IA
by Jay on Sep 2, 2008 5:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Just out of curiosity, I looked … aside from Lake County itself, this move will have the Captains playing in five cities within 250 miles of Cleveland, five more within 425 miles, and the other five within 600. The current situation has them visiting two cities within 250 miles, seven more within 425 miles — and the other six are all between 600 and 700 miles away.
by Jay on Sep 2, 2008 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions
actually the general area of my street is pretty well displayed on this map, mario.
by Gradyforpresident on Sep 2, 2008 9:28 PM EDT up reply actions
http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/business/?p=118
sorry – thought I had the link inserted the first time

















