A misnomer since this team plays all over the Great Plains -- Omaha, North Dakota St. Louis & Kansas City got a team again (out of the ABA), there. But team offices are always based there so it doesn't matter.
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| GREAT PLAINS FLYCATCHERS (BASED IN OMAHA SINCE 2044) |
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| DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS: [36] 2045, 2046, 2047, 2049, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2057, 2058, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2065, 2066, 2069, 2070, 2075, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2088, 2090, 2091, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2109, 2113, 2116 (Franchise also won 4 division titles in Savannah but are not counted or recognized by this franchise)
LEAGUE PENNANTS: (17) (NL) 2047, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2066, 2075, 2089, 2091, 2099 (AL) 2104, 2106, 2107, 2109, 2116
DAYLIGHT SERIES TITLES: (10) 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2066, 2075, 2089, 2091, 2109, 2116 |
Obviously the most successful expansion franchise on the planet. They were good out of the chute and I had nothing to do with it. Savannah was a really good team that never won a title but the market was too small and the team had to be relocated, but to make them the "team of the midwest" they had to be successful and so, that's what their owners set out to do with them and they did so with aplomb.
For a team that's less than 100 years old, they have a lot of retired numbers (11) already. It's a safe bet that they'll always reload. I've seen nothing like it, but the game always finds a way for them to win.
GREATEST PLAYERS IN FRANCHISE HISTORY: CL Zack Truelove (2048-2074) (1047 saves, 118 wins) C Ron Caprio (2046-67) (3753 hits)
REAL LIFE TEAMS THE FLYCATCHERS REMIND ME OF: If the Green Bay Packers, St. Louis Cardinals & Kansas City Royals had a fake baseball lovechild that no one knew who the daddy was and so they all raised it together? It'd be the Flycatchers.
Their fan base is vast, rabid and unapologetic. They talk a lot about the team like they are members of the family, everyone has a story about a time they saw a member of the Flycatchers in their hometown or how their cousin knows a guy on the team who is friends with the trainer and so he works on the arm of [insert whoever stars is on the team] and yeah....
It's hilarious and awesome.