Lowell Spinners

Lowell Spinners Founded in 1996 Lowell, Massachusetts
Team Logo Cap Insignia
Class-level
Short-Season A
Minor league affiliations
New York - Penn League Stedler Division
Major league affiliations
Boston Red Sox (1996–present)
Name
Lowell Spinners (1996–present) Elmira Pioneers
Ballpark
Edward A. LeLacheur Park (1998–present) Stoklosa Alumni Field (1996–1997)
Minor league titles
League titles
Division titles	2008
Owner(s)/Operated by: Drew Weber
Manager: Carlos Febles
General Manager: Tim Bawmann

The Lowell Spinners are a Short-Season A minor league baseball affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.

History

Founded in 1996 after Clyde Smoll moved the Elmira Pioneers to Lowell, Massachusetts, the Spinners play in the New York - Penn League, which has a Short-Season A classification with 76 games a year. The Spinners play 38 of the 76 games at their home park, Edward A. LeLacheur Park, in Lowell, near the Merrimack River. The official mascots of the Spinners are The Canaligator, Alligator, and Millie-Gator.

In 2005, the Spinners offered to pay for the uniforms to all Little Leagues in New England so that they would change all teams named "Yankees" into "Spinners".^[1]

In 2007 WLLH 1400 A.M. (at that time Lowell's ESPN Radio affiliate) was the flagship of Lowell Spinners baseball, after several years on Lowell talk station WCAP. As of 2008, Spinners games are back on WCAP.^[2]

On September 1 2008, the Spinners reached the NYPL (New York-Penn League) playoffs for the first time capturing the Stedler Division title.

As of the conclusion of the 2008 Spinners season, the franchise had sold out the past 346 games dating back to prior decade. In August of 2010 the streak was snapped at 413 games. Going into the 2011 season the Spinners still have plenty of tickets for sale and hope to start a new streak.

In 2011, Lowell Spinners owner Drew Weber founded the newly formed Futures Collegiate Baseball League with a charter franchise, the Nashua Silver Knights at Holman Stadium in Nashua, NH.

Spinners alumni

Gabe Kapler

Kevin Youkilis

Spinners warming up at LeLacheur Park, 2009

• Luis Alicea (Manager)
• Clay Buchholz
• Felix Doubront
• David Eckstein
• Jacoby Ellsbury
• Adam Everett
• Lew Ford
• Casey Fossum
• Shea Hillenbrand
• Corey Jenkins
• Gabe Kapler
• Ryan Kalish
• Jed Lowrie
• Mike Maroth
• Justin Masterson
• David Murphy
• Yamaico Navarro
• Jonathan Papelbon
• Hanley Ramírez
• Dustin Richardson
• Aníbal Sánchez
• Wilton Veras
• Kevin Youkilis

Roster

Lowell Spinners rosterview · talk · edit
Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 21 Luis Bastardo 38 Kevin Brahney 39 Hunter Cervenka 34 Luis Diaz 14 Jason Garcia 23 Joe Holtmeyer 46 Swen Huijer 44 Christopher Huseby 32 Brandon Kapteyn 35 Michael McCarthy 25 Nefi Ogando 26 Matty Ott  5 Miguel Peña 40 Raynel Velette 29 Corey Vogt 31 Madison Younginer		Catchers 33 Leonel Escobar 24 Jayson Hernandez 13 Tim Roberson Infielders 17 Garin Cecchini 16 Jose Garcia 18 Boss Moanaroa  3 Nick Natoli 30 Travis Shaw  6 Jason Thompson Outfielders 36 Zach Daeges # 12 Keury De La Cruz 28 Moko Moanaroa  7 Roberto Ramos 15 Seth Schwindenhammer 22 Drew Turocy		Manager 19 Carlos Febles Coaches 37 Paul Abbott (pitching) 47 Rich Gedman (hitting) 7-day disabled list * On Boston Red Sox 40-man roster ∞ Reserve list § Suspended list ‡ Restricted list # Rehab assignment Roster updated July 10, 2011 Transactions → More rosters

References

1. ^ Todd Civin (March 2, 2010). "Lowell Spinners Enter Fifth Year Of Yankee Elimination Program". Bleacher Report. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/355141-lowell-spinners-enter-fifth-year-of-yankee-elimination-program. Retrieved June 30, 2010. 
2. ^ "Spinners radio broadcast returns: The entire 2008 season to be broadcast on the new 980 WCAP Radio". New York - Penn League. November 2, 2007. http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20071102&content_id=319621&vkey=pr_l127&fext=.jsp&sid=l127. Retrieved June 21, 2008. 

External links

• Official Website of the Spinners
• MiLB Lowell Spinners page
• Lowell Spinners on Lowell.com

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