Once upon a time – 1995, to be exact – there was a new minor league baseball entry in the Midwest League to be known as the Battle Creek Golden Kazoos. Locals took a dim view of the name – they hated it, actually. But the absentee owner lived in Virginia and it’s not clear that community uproar alone would have been enough to silence the Golden Kazoos. Enter local oddball George Hubka.
The Madison Muskies were the last Major League-affiliated minor league baseball team that make their home in Wisconsin’s capital city. The Hatters replaced the departing Madison Muskies of the Class A Midwest League after that franchise left town in late 1993. The Hatters, who served as a farm club of the St. Louis Cardinals, would play only one season in Madison during the summer of 1994 before leaving town themselves. The Hatters moved to Battle Creek, Michigan and became the Michigan Battle Cats in 1995.
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