hank scorpio wrote:Opening night for the Billings Mustangs (Reds)!
Our Rookie League ball may be trivial to most of you from bigger cities, but it is something that Hank looks forward to every year. I have a set of tickets for tonights matchup against the Great Fall Voyagers (White Sox) and can't wait!
When did they change from the Electrics?
Kind of a neat story behind the name:
In the summer of 1805, Lewis and Clark forever left their mark on the city of Great Falls, Montana. But nearly 150 years later, Great Falls received some very different visitors-ones who traveled a considerably greater distance than the Corps of Discovery-who also left an indelible stamp on the city.
On an August morning in 1950, a bright flash in the sky caught the eye of Nick Mariana, the general manager of the Great Falls baseball club, while he stood in empty Legion Stadium prior to that day's game. Looking up, he was startled to see two rotating, silvery objects approaching at what seemed to be hundreds of miles an hour. He sprinted to his car, grabbed his 16mm movie camera and was able to record 16 seconds of color footage of the flying objects.
Media from across the nation reported on the sighting, and over the next two decades the film was examined and studied by UFO buffs, prominent scientists and engineers, the Air Force and even the CIA. Often disputed but never refuted, the "Mariana Incident" remains to this day one of the strongest cases supporting the existence of UFOs ever captured on film, and Great Falls, Montana maintains its place as one of the most active locations for UFO sightings in North America.
In 2008, those from both near and far who visit Centene Stadium at Legion Park will witness something they too have not seen before: a new age in Great Falls baseball. Though still a proud affiliate of the 2005 World Series champion Chicago White Sox, the team will sport its own fresh, original identity aimed at capturing the fun of Minor League Baseball and celebrating this unique piece of Electric City history.
hank scorpio wrote:Opening night for the Billings Mustangs (Reds)!
Our Rookie League ball may be trivial to most of you from bigger cities, but it is something that Hank looks forward to every year. I have a set of tickets for tonights matchup against the Great Fall Voyagers (White Sox) and can't wait!
That is cool that you have all of those amateur leagues. Montana is just not a baseball state anymore.
The Billings townies play rugby, softball, basketball, and flag football for team sports.
TTBF will know about these guys. Fargo-Moorhead has the FM Redhawks. They're a Northern League Independent team. Good bunch of players usually. Seen a couple of games. Their stadium is on NDSU's campus. I'm about to head to work so I can't post pics if someone else looks them up there's all sorts of pics.
Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway. - John Wayne
