Springfield Isotopes
Springfield Isotopes
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The Springfield Isotopes are Springfield's only minor league baseball team.
Profile[edit]
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The team plays at the Double-A level[1] and is often shown as drastically underfunded and struggling in competition. However, the team has also been shown to play in the Major League.[2] They had a record 26-game losing streak.[3] Their home games are played at the Springfield War Memorial Stadium (which Homer Simpson simply calls "Springfield Stadium"),[3] Duff Stadium,[1] and Isotope Stadium.[4] The Isotopes name is most likely in reference to the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Homer was the Isotopes mascot for a brief period.[3] At various points, the team has been owned by Antoine Tex O'Hara,[3] the mafia,[1] and the Duff Corporation.[1]
History[edit]
While skateboarding past Springfield War Memorial Stadium, Bart Simpson saw the Springfield Isotopes practicing and jokingly asked if they were going to win any games that season. Player Bill McCloskey replied, "Gonna try," before making an inaccurate throw during practice, reflecting the team's struggles on the field.[5]
The Isotopes have been around since at least 1944. The players on the team got out of World War II by faking illnesses, leaving them to play against teams of children and seniors. One of the players at the time was Fake Cough Johnson.[2]
The low quality of the team, combined with its financial difficulties, prompted management to consider moving the team. Homer once learned that there were plans to move the team to Albuquerque and staged a hunger strike to prevent it. Springfield became aware of the plans to move the team due to Homer's efforts and the premature roll-out of food packaging with "Albuquerque Isotopes" written on them. Albuquerque decided to reverse the decision to move the team.[1]
After the Isotopes signed Buck Mitchell, they entered first place in the league. However, due to marital troubles, Buck started to play badly. As his marital issues kept changing, Buck kept switching between playing well and playing badly. Eventually, he and his wife made up, but it is unknown if the Isotopes won the league.[4]
After star player Aeropos Walkov expressed interest in moving to the USA to play baseball, Grampa and Moe recorded a video to convince him to join the Isotopes. The video convinced him and he moved to Springfield to join the team. The Isotopes saw a surge in popularity after the signing and became sponsored by many gambling and betting companies. Walkov himself took part in betting on the Isotopes' own games, which is against baseball regulations. After he and Moe came clean about the gambling at a press conference, Walkov was cleared of wrongdoing as the blame was placed solely on Moe. Walkov then left the Isotopes to join the San Francisco Draft-Pigs.[2]
Known players[edit]
- Flash Bailor[3]
- Smash Diggins[6]
- Danny Dings[7]
- Willy Dipkin[8]
- Bill McCloskey[3]
- Buck Mitchell[4]
- Babe Ruth IV[6]
- Tito[4]
- Fishbone Walker[6]
- Chuck Wildler[9]
Former players[edit]
Appearances[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Hungry, Hungry Homer"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Abe League of Their Moe"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "Dancin' Homer"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play"
- ↑ "Lemon of Troy"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken"
- ↑ Homer Drops the Ball!
- ↑ It's in the Cards
- ↑ "Fan-ily Feud"
| Springfield Isotopes
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| Current Players | ||
| Flash Bailor • Smash Diggins • Danny Dings • Willy Dipkin • Bill McCloskey • Buck Mitchell • Babe Ruth IV • Tito • Fishbone Walker • Chuck Wildler | ||
| Former Players | ||
| Fake Cough Johnson • Aeropos Walkov | ||
| Other People | ||
| Howard K. Duff VIII • Duffman • Gertie Feesh | ||
| Stadiums | ||
| Duff Stadium • Isotope Stadium • Springfield War Memorial Stadium | ||
| Baseball teams
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| Atlanta Braves • Boston Red Sox • Burlington Drifters • Capital City Capitals • Chicago Cubs • Chicago White Sox • Cleveland Spiders • Detroit Tigers • Houston Astros • Kansas City Royals • Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim • Los Angeles Dodgers • Miami Marlins • Minsk Golems • Montreal Expos • New York Mets • New York Yankees • Oakland Athletics ('74 Oakland A's) • Salem Boulevardiers • San Francisco Giants • Shelbyville Raptors • Shelbyville Sluggers • Shelbyville Shelbyvillians • Springfield Floozies * • Springfield Isotopes • Springfield Isotots* • Springfield Li'l Topes* • St. Louis Cardinals • Tampa Bay Rays • Texas Rangers • West Springfield Atomic Bombs | ||
| Softball teams | ||
| East Springfield softball team • Fort Springfield softball team • Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant softball team • Springfield Heights softball team • Springfield Nuclear Power Plant softball team • Springfield Police softball team | ||