State College Spikes

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State College Spikes Founded in 1988 University Park, Pennsylvania
Team Logo Cap Insignia
Class-Level
A
Minor League affiliations
New York-Penn League Pinckney Division
Major League affiliations
Pittsburgh Pirates (2007-present) St. Louis Cardinals (2006)
Name
State College Spikes (2006-present) New Jersey Cardinals (1995-2006) Glens Falls Redbirds (1987-1994)
Ballpark
Medlar Field at Lubrano Park Skylands Park
Minor League titles
League titles
Division titles
Owner(s)/Operated by: Curve Baseball LP
Manager: Brad Fischer
General Manager:

The State College Spikes are a class A short-season American minor league baseball team originally affiliated with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2006. On September 21, 2006, it was announced that they would be affiliated with the Pittsburgh Pirates beginning in 2007.[1] They are a member of the New York - Penn League playing at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park in University Park, Pennsylvania beginning in June 2006.

In October 2005, the owners of the New Jersey Cardinals agreed to sell the club to a group headed by the principal partners of the class double-A Eastern League Altoona Curve. This allowed for a professional team to share the new Medlar Field at Lubrano Park with the host Nittany Lions of Pennsylvania State University, on whose campus the park stands.

The name "Spikes" has a threefold meaning. The club's official logo depicts a young white-tailed deer, for whom a "spike" is an undeveloped antler, symbolic of a young team member who may develop into a Major League Baseball player. The name also refers to a railroad spike, similar to the way the name "Altoona Curve" commemorates the famous Horseshoe Curve on the Pennsylvania Railroad. Finally, baseball players have long worn shoes with spikes.

[edit] External links

• State College Spikes official site
• Photographs of Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, home of the State College Spikes - Rochester Area Ballparks

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