Nashua Baseball History
The Pride was one of several professional teams to play in Nashua, and one of five to have played at Holman Stadium:
- 1895: Nashua Rainmakers, New England Association
- 1901-1905: Nashua, New England League - B
- 1926-1927: Nashua Millionaires, New England League - B
- 1929-1930: Nashua Millionaires, New England League - B
- 1933: Nashua, New England League - B
- 1946-1949: Nashua Dodgers, New England League - B
- 1983: Nashua Angels, Eastern League - AA
- 1984-1986: Nashua Pirates, Eastern League - AA
- 1995-1996: Nashua Hawks, North Atlantic League - independent
- 1998-2005: Nashua Pride, Atlantic League - independent
- 2006-2008: Nashua Pride, Can-Am League - independent
- 2009: American Defenders of New Hampshire, Can-Am League - independent
Read more about this topic: Nashua Pride
Famous quotes containing the words baseball and/or history:
“One of the baseball-team owners approached me and said: “If you become baseball commissioner, you’re going to have to deal with 28 big egos,” and I said, “For me, that’s a 72% reduction.””
—George Mitchell (b. 1933)
“It’s a very delicate surgical operation—to cut out the heart without killing the patient. The history of our country, however, is a very tough old patient, and we’ll do the best we can.”
—Dudley Nichols, U.S. screenwriter. Jean Renoir. Sorel (Philip Merivale)