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Norwich — The City Council late Monday approved a new lease for the Thomas J. Dodd Stadium with the Norwich Sea Unicorns, which will start their new life as a summer wooden-bat collegiate team with their first home game May 31. The aldermen expressed hesitancy at the turn of events that cost the city its minor league baseball team with a Major League Baseball affiliation but said approving a two-year lease with a third-year option “by mutual agreement” was the best option for the city. They questioned the financial viability of the summer collegiate team status and said the short-term ...
The Norwich Sea Unicorns will host a job fair for the upcoming 2021 season on Wednesday, May 19 from 4 to 7 p.m. on the main concourse at Dodd Stadium.
Hartford Yard Goats Make Official Return to Stadium After 2 Years As baseball season begins in Connecticut, the state’s Double-A minor league team will return to its stadium for the first time since 2019, alongside two professional teams with home openers slated in late May. The Hartford Yard Goats, a minor league affiliate of the Colorado Rockies, will make their first appearance in Dunkin Donuts Park today, May 11, followed by the New Britain Bees returning to New Britain Stadium on May 26, and the Norwich Sea Unicorns at Dodd Stadium on May 31. Tickets have been ma...
Cityside: Cheer on some bright and eager hopefuls By Bill Kenny By now, you've read, or should have, that the Norwich Sea Unicorns, undefeated since changing their name from the Connecticut Tigers will be joining the eight-team Futures Collegiate Baseball League, the FCBL. Think YMCA but with different gyrations and contortions (I can see the Sea Unicorn mascot dancing on the dugout roof during the mid-inning break now). The FCBL is a wooden bat league (which is the way the Good Lord intended baseball to be played). FCBL ballplayers are unpaid collegiate athletes who hope to gain experience a...