Chico Heat (collegiate wood bat team)
This article is about the collegiate wood bat baseball team. For the defunct professional baseball team, see Chico Heat.
| Chico Heat | |
|---|---|
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| League | Great West League |
| Location | Chico, California |
| Ballpark | Nettleton Stadium |
| Year founded | November 22, 2014 |
| Nickname(s) | Heat |
| Colors | Navy Blue, Red and White |
| Mascot | Heater the Dragon |
| Ownership | Chico Heat, LLC. |
| Management | Steve Nettleton, Pat Gillick (Owners) Hunter Hampton (General Manager) |
| Manager | Fred Ludwig (Field Manager) |
The Chico Heat are a future collegiate wood bat baseball team based in Chico, California. They are owned by Chico Heat, LLC, led by former supermarket entrepreneur Steve Nettleton and Hall of Fame baseball executive and Chico native Pat Gillick. They will be members of the Great West League. Their season starts on the road against the Marysville Gold Sox on June 3rd, 2016. They will play home games at Nettleton Stadium in Chico.[1] They were named after the former Western Baseball League franchise, also owned by Nettleton, that played from 1997 to 2002 and won two WBL Championships. [2] In 2015 Hunter Hampton was hired as General Manager and Fred Ludwig was hired as Field Manager.
See also
- Chico Heat - Original professional team
References
- ↑ BASEBALL RETURNS TO CHICO WITH GWL FRANCHISE, Great West League website, November 25, 2014
- ↑ Chico Heat Set to Return in 2016, Lee Carroll, Action News Now website, November 26, 2014
External links
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