Bowling Green Hot Rods
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Bowling Green Hot Rods Founded in 2009 Bowling Green, Kentucky |
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| Current | Class A | ||||
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| League | Midwest League (2010–present) | ||||
| Division | Eastern Division | ||||
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South Atlantic League (2001-2009) | ||||
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| Current | Tampa Bay Rays (2007–present) | ||||
| Previous | Los Angeles Dodgers (2001–2006) | ||||
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| League titles (1) | 2007 | ||||
| Division titles (2) |
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| Ballpark | Bowling Green Ballpark (2009–present) | ||||
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Owner(s)/
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Manhattan Capital Sports | ||||
| Manager | Reinaldo Ruiz | ||||
The Bowling Green Hot Rods are a minor league baseball team in Bowling Green, Kentucky. They are a Class A team in the Midwest League, and have been a farm team of the Tampa Bay Rays since September 29, 2006. The team began playing at Bowling Green Ballpark in 2009, replacing the Columbus Catfish.
The "Hot Rods" name refers to the connections that Bowling Green has to the automotive and racing industries such the National Corvette Museum, Holley Carburetor, Beech Bend Raceway and the Bowling Green Assembly Plant, which is the only location in the world that produces General Motors' Chevrolet Corvette.
The Hot Rods began life as the Wilmington Waves, one of two South Atlantic League expansion teams for the 2001 season. 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. One year later, in 2004, the franchise would change names and became the Columbus Catfish.
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