Cape Catfish

Cape Catfish

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League Prospect League (TBD)
Location Cape Girardeau, MO
Ballpark Capaha Field
Year founded 2018
Ownership Anand "Andy" Patel, Mark Hogan, and James Limbaugh
Management Mark Hogan (GM)
Manager TBA
Media The Southeast Missourian
Website CapeCatfish.com

The Cape Catfish are a future member of the Prospect League that will begin play in 2019 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.[1]

The Catfish are anticipated to join the Prospect League's West Division, which currently includes[2] the Danville Dans, Hannibal Hoots, Lafayette Aviators, Quincy Gems, Springfield Sliders, and Terre Haute Rex, with one of the existing West Division teams being moved to the East Division, in order to balance out the league's divisions at two with six teams each. The Prospect League has announced its desire to continue to add teams, ideally to the east in order to better accommodate its existing franchises in Chillicothe, Ohio, Springfield, Ohio, Butler, Pennsylvania, and Beckley, West Virginia.[3]

Ownership

The team is owned by a partnership group that includes Anand "Andy" Patel, Mark Hogan, and James Limbaugh.[4][5] Hogan, a retired former baseball coach at Southeast Missouri State University[6], will also serve as the team's General Manager.

Name origin

The Catfish name, a reference to the state fish of Missouri, was chosen by potential fans of the new team from a list of names that also included the Cape Bluebirds, in reference to the Eastern bluebird, which is the state bird of Missouri, and the Cape Steamboats, in honor of the Mississippi River city's history as a port on the river.[7] "Catfish" received about 37% of the vote fan vote, beating out "Bluebirds" and "Steamboats", which received 32% and 31% of the vote, respectively.[1]

Stadium

The Catfish will play in 2,000 seat Capaha Field. The stadium is scheduled to receive significant renovations prior to the beginning of the team's first season.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "New for 2019 - Cape Catfish! | Prospect Collegiate Baseball LLC". www.prospectleague.com. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  2. ↑ "PROSPECT LEAGUE STATS | Prospect Collegiate Baseball LLC". www.prospectleague.com. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  3. ↑ "Prospect League Looking to Expand East | Prospect Collegiate Baseball LLC". www.prospectleague.com. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  4. ↑ Hinton, Kyle. "Cape Catfish merchandise to be available soon". Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  5. ↑ "Cape Girardeau Prospect Team Unveils Name and Logo" (PDF). CapeCatfish.com. 2018-05-04. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  6. ↑ "Mark Hogan Retires After 18 Years as Head Coach - Southeast Missouri State University". Southeast Missouri State University. Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  7. ↑ "Voters choose name for Cape's new prospect league team". Retrieved 2018-06-11.
  8. ↑ "Cape council goes to bat for baseball team, approves planning contract for Capaha Field improvements; seeks redevelopment proposals for Esquire Theater". seMissourian.com. 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2018-06-11.



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