Tag: Holman Stadium

2009 American Defenders of New Hampshire Baseball Pocket Schedule from the Can-Am League

American Defenders of New Hampshire

November 27, 2018

The American Defenders of New Hampshire were an ill-conceived independent pro baseball team that set up shop at Nashua’s Holman Stadium in 2009. Ownership’s heavy-handed military fetish extended to a plush soldier mascot named “Ground Zero” who sported the uniform number 9-11. Nashua fans wisely saved their money and the team was evicted from the stadium late in the season for unpaid bills that included stiffing the first responders who provided police and fire details at Defenders home games. Incredibly, former Boston Red Sox General Manager and future Baltimore Orioles GM Dan Duquette was mixed up in this mess.

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1986 Nashua Pirates baseball program from the Eastern League

Nashua Pirates

September 5, 2018

The Nashua Pirates were a New Hampshire-based Class AA farm team of the Pittsburgh Pirates during the mid-1980’s. The team muddled through three straight losing seasons before moving to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1987. Though Holman Stadium has hosted numerous independent and collegiate wooden bat league teams in the years since, the Nashua Pirates remain the last Major League farm club to play in the Gate City.

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Nashua Angels Eastern League Baseball

Nashua Angels

June 1, 2015

The Nashua Angels were a farm club of the California Angels that competed for just one season in the Class AA Eastern League during the summer of 1983.  The franchise moved from Holyoke, Massachusetts one week before Christmas in 1982. Prominent future Major Leaguers on the club included pitcher Kirk McCaskill and outfielder Devon White.

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1999 Nashua Pride Baseball Program from the Atlantic League

Nashua Pride

August 9, 2011

Atlantic League (1998-2005) Can-Am League (2006-2008) Born: 1997 – Atlantic League founding franchise Re-Branded: 2009 (American Defenders of New Hampshire) First Game: May 21, 1998

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