Lansing Lugnuts
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The Lansing Lugnuts are a Class A minor league baseball team, affiliated with the Toronto Blue Jays, that plays in the Midwest League.
The Midwest League came to Lansing in 1996. The franchise began in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1955; after two seasons it moved to Waterloo, Iowa, where it stayed for 36 seasons. Before the 1994 season it moved to Springfield, Illinois, but it only spent two seasons there before moving to Lansing. The Lugnuts were affiliates of the Kansas City Royals from 1996 through 1998 and the Chicago Cubs from 1999 through 2004 before joining the Jays' farm system for the 2005 season.
The team plays at Oldsmobile Park (named after the now-defunct General Motors division that was based there), which opened in 1996. The franchise attendance record of 538,326 was set during its inaugural year.
Source
- Dinda, J. (2003), "Lansing, Michigan, in the Midwest League," http://www.mwlguide.com/cities/lansing/index.html
External link
- Lansing Lugnuts web site (http://www.lansinglugnuts.com)