The Bowling Green baseball team is a minor league baseball team in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It is a Class A team in the South Atlantic League, and has been a farm team of the Tampa Bay Rays since September 29, 2006. The team will play at Bowling Green Ballpark beginning in 2009, replacing the Columbus Catfish.

On August 18, 2008, the team announced seven finalists for their Bowling Green name-the-team contest. These seven candidates are Speedsters, Cave Shrimp, Hot Rods, Bluegills, Turbos, Sparkplugs, and Mammoths.

History

The Bowling Green baseball team, one of the two South Atlantic League expansion teams for the 2001 season, began as the Wilmington Waves. However, the Waves' stay at Brooks Field in Wilmington, North Carolina lasted for a mere single season. The Waves took on the "South Georgia" moniker when the team was moved to the Paul Eames Sports Complex in Albany, Georgia for the 2002 season. The team retained the "South Georgia Waves" name when it again moved to Golden Park in Columbus, Georgia just before the 2003 campaign. The organization played for one season in Columbus under the Waves nickname until it was changed to the Columbus Catfish in 2004.

Bowling Green and the Lake County Captains, of the South Atlantic League, will shift to the Midwest League for the 2010 season. This shift is planned to alleviate travel expenses of player movement between their respective major league clubs, and those associated with routine travel for away games.

References

External links

• Bowling Green Professional Baseball