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A "spoof" on being politically correct if you ask me. In reality nothing more than innovative (shock) marketing. Now the Lowell Spinners and the Brooklyn Cyclones have gained some national exposure on the world famous HSBBW. As my old football coach used to say: "Everything is fine when they talk good about you --- even when they talk bad about you --- It's when they quit talking about you that you need to worry!"
Fungo

Fungo that is how i saw it too

Over the past several years, the Lowell Spinners have been one of the most successful minor league franchises, from an attendance perspective. When our son played in the NECBL in Lowell, his team would draw 300 fans and the Spinners would regularly draw 5,000 or so, which is close to capacity in that very nice facility.
They do that by coming up with new and novel ideas for marketing. I would bet the marketing folks were laughing the entire time, but happy as could be for every paid fan in the park. Just checked the box score and there were over 5,000 paid.
The stadium in Lowell is a beauty but not in an area you would necessarily be taking your family for a fun time. The Spinners make the game fun and a family event. This is the type of spoof that fills minor league stadiums in many cities and is part of the fun. That is part of the minor leagues.

Fungo, great to see you back. Have been thinking about you and Josh. Hope the fishing and talking has all been good.

Wait a minute, isn't the term "minor" leagues politically incorrect?

no such thing as bad publicity.....

a little satire sometimes reveals some truth. In our society today the thought of offending somebody has become an obsession with some. Try this one on

A couple of years ago I was talking to a parent who volunteered as an umpire. young kids. they were instructed that when strike 3 occurred to not say out rather to say strike 3 your time at bat is over.

DK said great facilities and great crowd in Lowell.

Many of the minor league teams have great marketing ideas to bring out the fans.

Sounds like a fun night.

The Cylones are the team to beat. According to what DK told me the Mets GM owns the team, fantastic facilities, tremendous fan support and a team put together to win.

As a resident of Massachusetts in the Merrimack Vallye/Lowell region, I must rise to defend our fair area. LaLacheur Park, home of the Spinners and the UMass-Lowell River Hawks is a beautiful stadium situated on the banks of the Merrimack River on the Campus of UMass-Lowell. With condo developments across the street, the area is up and coming and perfectly safe. The Spinners draw well because this area is baseball crazy. The NECBL team does not draw well because they do no marketing, are usually the worst team in the league or close to it (the reason is obvious, but I won't go into it here) and there is too much competition nearby from professional baseball. Most of the rest of the NECBL teams are located in towns without easy access to majore league baseball and, in most cases, even minor league ball. Accordingly, they draw much better.

OK. I feel better now. Thanks for indulging me.

Holden,
Our son played for the Mill City(Lowell) All-Americans in the summer of 2002. That team was highly competitive in the NECBL, made the playoffs and had, by my count, 5 players drafted. They did a great job of picking very good players from Franklin Pierce, U Mass-Lowell and BC and then scoured the country to give small college/university players great exposure.
At that time, it was not the quality of play or players that kept fans away.
During that summer, our son stayed in a dorm one block from the stadium. I assure you it wasn't safe then.
I am glad to hear of the changes occuring in that area. It is a very pretty site and, as I said before, the stadium is a beauty. Watched the All Americans play Team USA there and one NECBL game. Little doubt they were on the forefront of capturing the community support for minor league baseball.
In 2002, they had a performer dressed as a monkey and that was an amazing act. Not PC perhaps, but amazing.

infielddad,

Your son played for them the year before I started to pay attention. I didn't even know they existed until the next year. That summer we housed one of the players who just recently signed with the Reds. Harry's take on that kid after that summer was "he doesn't have it." Harry was wrong. The area has gotten much nicer. They converted the warehouses across the street into riverfront lofts. Very nice and they sold quickly. Still a ways to go but the momentum is in the right direction.