Tag: Bill Shea

Southwest Michigan Devil Rays

December 27, 2020

The Southwest Michigan Devil Rays of 2005-2006 were the last of three relatively short-lived Minor League Baseball teams to make their home at Battle Creek’s C.O. Brown Stadium between 1995 and 2006. The Devil Rays followed on the heels of the Michigan Battle Cats (1995-2002) and the Battle Creek Yankees (2003-2004). Each club was an iteration of the same Class A Midwest League franchise, which cycled through four different ownership groups and four different Major League parent clubs across a dozen seasons. The team moved to Midland, Michigan and became the Great Lakes Loons in 2007.

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1983 Omaha Royals baseball program from the American Association

Omaha Royals / Omaha Golden Spikes

March 23, 2018

Omaha, Nebraska has hosted the top farm club of the Kansas City Royals since the Major League club’s inception in 1969. Initially known as the Omaha Royals, the Class AAA club won four league championships of the American Association, including back-to-back titles in their first two seasons in 1969 and 1970. The Royals survived the closure of the American Association, joining the Pacific Coast League in 1998. From 1999 until 2001, the team was briefly known as the “Golden Spikes” before returning to the Royals nickname. In 2011, the club re-branded as the Omaha Storm Chasers while simultaneously moving into the new $36M Werner Park.

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