York Revolution

York Revolution
Founded	2007
Ballpark	York Outdoor Recreation Complex
Based in	York, Pennsylvania
Team Colors
League	Atlantic League of Professional Baseball
Local Media	York Daily Record York Dispatch
Team Manager
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Owner	York Professional Baseball

The York Revolution will be an Atlantic League team based in York, Pennsylvania. Beginning in the 2007 season, they will play in the South Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, which is not affilitated with Major League Baseball.

The team will play at the York Outdoor Recreation Complex. Even though the Revolution will play in the city of York, the team will represent all of York County.

When the Revolution play next year, baseball fans in York will have waited 38 years for the return of baseball since the York White Roses folded after the 1969 season. In 2006, Yorkers chose the name Revolution over White Roses in a name-the-team contest. The name "Revolution" refers to York’s colonial past, when the Continental Congress met in York and passed the Articles of Confederation during the Revolutionary War. Following the American Revolution, York briefly became the first capital of the United States. Many Yorkers also see the Revolution name to symbolize the city's renaissance efforts.

History

York White Roses

the team was renamed as the York Pirates, affiliated with Pittsburgh. They were champions in the 1925 and 1969 seasons.

The York White Roses and the York Pirates played their games at Bob Hoffman Stadium, which was also known as Veterans Memorial Stadium.

The White Roses were fierce rivals with the nearby Lancaster Red Roses. When the new name of Lancaster's team was unveiled to the public a few days before the 1906 season started, it drew heavy criticism from the York White Roses staff. The White Roses manager predicted, in spite, that the Red Roses would be at the bottom of the standings column. The Red Roses went on to win the first game, 9-4, and an even heavier rivalry began. Some sources indicate that the rival teams were named for the opposing factions in England's historic Wars of the Roses.

In 1997, the York White Roses were named the absolute worst team in the history of the Eastern League. For example, their 1967 season was horrible as they won 43 games and lost 95. This season is still lodged in the minds of York baseball fans, as a player by the name of Dick Such, who until recently has denied this, had an ERA of .281 with a record of 0-16. He redeemed himself as the pitching coach of the Minnesota Twins from 1985-2001, where he oversaw two World Series championships in 1987 and 1991. Such is now the pitching coach for Long Island of the Atlantic League and may return to York to be with its new team. The York White Roses were considered the worst team because of their record, their horrible attendance, the condition of the playing field, and the team's choice of inferior players. The York Revolution hope to rewrite the city's baseball history, with a better record, better attendance, a state-of-the-art ballpark, and a much better roster.

A Revolution

York has spent ten years trying to bring professional baseball back to the city. The process looked promising in 2003, until politics halted the project. The new baseball stadium was to be located at Small Athletic Field, on York City School District property, but the district's board voted negatively as they did not believe the ballpark would be the best use of district money and land. For three years, political and financial discussions continued to delay the time York would have a baseball team again. A new site for the stadium was agreed upon in the Arch Street neighborhood, and this time all the pieces fell into place. Other sites that were considered but did not come to fruition were Hoffman Field and Ohio Blender.

In April of 2006, the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball formally announced an expanion team for the city of York, Pennsylvania. One of the prominent members of the team's management will be Brooks Robinson, who played with the York White Roses and later with the Baltimore Orioles from 1955 to 1977. The entrance to the team's stadium will be called Brooks Robinson Plaza to honor one of the most important players of York's baseball history.

The York Revolution will start play in the 2007 season, with the renewal of an old rivalry between York and Lancaster. The York Revolution will continue the White Roses tradition as they will battle the Lancaster Barnstormers for lower Susquehanna supremacy. In further continuation of the York baseball tradition, the Revolution will commemorate the White Roses by wearing a patch on their uniforms. Team officials of the York Revolution and the Lancaster Barnstormers are in discussions to create a "turn-back-the-clock" series, in which both teams will wear uniforms paying tribute to the old York White Roses and the Lancaster Red Roses.

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