Hartford’s new Double-A baseball team: Yard Goats
Hartford's new minor league baseball team will be the Yard Goats.
Team and city officials announced the name Wednesday, complete with two goats, after a contest to rebrand the former New Britain Rock Cats.
The Colorado Rockies' Double-A affiliate will begin playing in Hartford next year in a new ballpark just north of downtown.
About 6,000 fan suggestions were winnowed down to the railroad name for an engine the moves cars in a rail yard. The team said that fits a minor league team that works "away from the big city lights" to keep a major league affiliate on track.
Anthony Castora, a UConn graduate from New Jersey, entered the winning name, which he said he heard from his railroad buff father-in-law.
The other finalists: Hedgehogs, Praying Mantis, River Hogs and Whirlybirds.
- Associated Press
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