Montgomery Biscuits
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Montgomery Biscuits Founded in 1973 Montgomery, Alabama |
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| Current | Double-A | ||||
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| League | Southern League (1973–present) | ||||
| Division | North Division | ||||
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| Current | Tampa Bay Rays (1999–present) | ||||
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| Nickname | Montgomery Biscuits (2004–present) | ||||
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| Ballpark | Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium | ||||
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Owner(s)/
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Sherrie Myers & Tom Dickson / Montgomery Professional Baseball, LLC | ||||
| Manager | Brady Williams | ||||
| General Manager |
Daniel Doherty president Greg Rauch |
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Daniel Doherty
The Montgomery Biscuits are a minor league baseball team based in Montgomery, Alabama. The team is the Class AA affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays and plays in the Southern League. The team was founded in Orlando, Florida in 1973 as the Orlando Twins, an affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. After remaining in the Minnesota minor league organization for 20 seasons, the team became an affiliate of the Chicago Cubs for four seasons and then the Seattle Mariners for one. In 1999, the team became an affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, and they have remained in the organization ever since.
Over the years, the club changed names several times. They were the Orlando Twins for 17 seasons, then were known as the SunRays, Cubs, and Rays. The club became known as the Biscuits when it moved from the Orlando area to Montgomery in 2004.
The club played at Tinker Field near downtown Orlando from 1973 until 2000, when they moved to Champion Stadium in nearby Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Since moving to Montgomery in 2004, the Biscuits have played at Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium, a 7000 seat facility which was built for the club in the downtown area.
The franchise joined the Southern League in 1973 as the Orlando Twins, a minor-league affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, which held spring training in Orlando, Florida at the time. The Orlando Twins played at Tinker Field in downtown Orlando, near the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium. In 1990, the team was renamed the Orlando Sun Rays. In 1993, the Chicago Cubs became the team's new major-league affiliate, and the team was renamed the Orlando Cubs. While still a Chicago Cubs affiliate, the team renamed itself again in 1997 and became the Orlando Rays. The following year, for one season only, the Seattle Mariners were the Rays' major-league affiliate. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays, an American League expansion team in 1998, assumed the Orlando Rays' major-league affiliation the following year.
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