In case you missed it, the Slippery Rock Sliders will now be the Midwest Sliders in 2008, and play 100% of their games on the road. However, the team has already been purchased by a group who plans to move the team to Michigan in 2009. They will be called the Oakland County Cruisers.
The Cruisers don't have a ballpark yet, but they do have a website (and merchandise). Check it out at http://www.cruisersbaseball.com/.
The Cruisers website is curiously informative - you can check out the detailed site plan and even find out the specifics of what it would cost you to invest in the team. Speaking of the siteplan, the ballpark looks a little snug, similar to that of the Lansing Lugnuts. There is what looks like to be about two feet of foul ground for the last 88 or so feet of the 310 foot foul line. The 360 foot power alleys will make home run hitters happy, running a sharp angle to a 400 foot centerfield wall. The backstop is only 46 feet from home plate and the dugouts are the same 46 feet to the foul lines (Wuerfel Park measures 60 feet for each). Like in Lansing, the bullpens are exposed in foul terrority and are a tight fit between the foul line and stands.
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Hey!!Why don`t you try to get a yearly game with the Lansing Lugnuts.To where you come down to lansing,and they come up to T.C. I think it would be good for the sport in Michigan.I`m sure the fans would love to have that interstate rivalry...
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