Trash Pandas stumble in first game, falling to Chattanooga
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Reid Detmers delivers a pitch for the Rocket City Trash Pandas in the team s first game May 5, 2021, at Chattanooga. (Rocket City Trash Pandas)
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And then once it arrived, it didn’t go well for the Rocket City Trash Pandas.
The minor league team based in Madison lost the first game in team history, falling 6-1 to the Chattanooga Lookouts on Wednesday.
The season’s scheduled opener Tuesday was rained out and the Trash Pandas’ inaugural 2020 season, of course, was canceled along with the entire minor league baseball schedule due to the pandemic.
Audit will decide how much Trash Pandas owe city of Madison
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Madison Mayor Paul Finley speaks at the announcement of the eastbound I-565 ramp opening at Town Madison on April 29, 2021. (Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com)
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The Rocket City Trash Pandas and the city of Madison are working through the process of identifying how much money the minor league baseball team owes the city in accordance with its lease agreement.
That process includes an audit by the city of the Trash Pandas finances that both sides describe as routine and will determine how much the team owes the city.
Fans excited for Rocket City Trash Pandas season opener
Baseball fans made the trip over the Stateline to Chattanooga for the Trash Pandas first game.
Posted: May 4, 2021 6:11 PM
Updated: May 4, 2021 8:23 PM
Posted By: Lynden Blake
It s finally time to play ball.
Trash Pandas open their inaugural season at the Chattanooga Lookouts Tuesday night.
The gloomy weather didn t damper any spirits.
Kyle and Cory made the drive to the Scenic City supporting their Rocket City Trash Pandas.
While in line, they met Mary, who is from Chattanooga, but her nephew, Cooper Criswell, plays for Rocket City!
The Trash Pandas will be in Chattanooga through Sunday, before returning home May 11.
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FILE - Tulsa Drillers Hueston Morrill waits for his name to be announced at the Double-A baseball team s game against the Frisco RoughRiders in Tulsa, Okla., in this Tuesday, June 30, 2020, file photo. Minor league teams across the country are set to open their seasons Tuesday, May 4, 2021, returning baseball to communities denied the old national pastime during the coronavirus pandemic. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP, File) Ian Maule
FILE - Players stand during the national anthem before the Rosemont Dogs played their baseball home-opener against the Milwaukee Milkmen at Impact Field in Rosemont, Ill., in this Tuesday, July 7, 2020, file photo. Minor league teams across the country are set to open their seasons Tuesday, May 4, 2021, returning baseball to communities denied the old national pastime during the coronavirus pandemic. (John Starks/Daily Herald, via AP, File) John Starks
Minors primer: What’s new as MiLB returns in 2021?
FILE - Tulsa Drillers Hueston Morrill waits for his name to be announced at the Double-A baseball team s game against the Frisco RoughRiders in Tulsa, Okla., in this Tuesday, June 30, 2020, file photo. Minor league teams across the country are set to open their seasons Tuesday, May 4, 2021, returning baseball to communities denied the old national pastime during the coronavirus pandemic. (Ian Maule/Tulsa World via AP, File) Ian Maule
FILE - Players stand during the national anthem before the Rosemont Dogs played their baseball home-opener against the Milwaukee Milkmen at Impact Field in Rosemont, Ill., in this Tuesday, July 7, 2020, file photo. Minor league teams across the country are set to open their seasons Tuesday, May 4, 2021, returning baseball to communities denied the old national pastime during the coronavirus pandemic. (John Starks/Daily Herald, via AP, File) John Starks