Out of the Park Minor League Baseball Team Names : The the Story Behind the Oswego Starchboes, the Texarkana Caketmakers and 98 Other Wacky Team Names

Minor League baseball is known for its long bus rides; young stars in the rough waiting for their chance to play in the big leagues; and wacky team names. From the Brockton Shoemakers, Freeport Pretzels, and Modesto Nuts to the Vancouver Horse Doctors, Fort Wayne TinCaps, and Holyoke Paperweights, these minor league teams sure know how to pick ls"em. This book features 100 of the wackiest team names in Minor League baseball history and describes how each team ended up choosing their unique name. Each entry also includes: name and logo of team, league they play in, city, years of operation, and similar names.

Tim Hagerty is a radio broadcaster with the Triple-A Tucson Padres in Tucson, Arizona. He has also broadcasted games for the Idaho Falls Chukars, Mobile BayBears and Portland Beavers. Hagerty grew up in Canton, Massachusetts, a short distance from Fenway Park in Boston. Hagerty’s sports broadcasting work has received regional and national Edward R. Murrow Awards. He has been honored by the Society of Professional Journalists, Vermont Associated Press, Idaho State Broadcasters Association and Alabama Associated Press. This is his first book. Hagerty will tour various locations during the 2012 Minor League season promoting this title. Other media coverage of this book includes NPR, local news in team hometowns, and a New York Times feature by Joe LaPointe upon publication.