Boise Hawks

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Boise Hawks
Boise Hawks
League Northwest League
Division Eastern
Year founded 1987
Major League affiliation Chicago Cubs
Home ballpark Memorial Stadium
Previous home ballparks Bill Wigle Field
City Boise, Idaho
Current uniform colors green, orange, red, cornsilk
Previous uniform colors navy blue, red
Logo design An orange hawk in flight carrying a baseball bat in its talons outlined in cornsilk and red. The hawk also doubles as a capital "B." Below the hawk is the "Hawks" wordmark in orange outlined in cornsilk and red.
Division titles 9 (1991, 1993-95, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006)
League titles 6 (1991, 1993-95, 2002, 2004)
Manager Steve McFarland
Owner Horizon Broadcast Group

The Boise Hawks are a short-season Class A minor league baseball team, located in Boise, Idaho. The team is currently a farm team for the Chicago Cubs.

Boise's original team in the Northwest League was in 1975, as the Boise A's. The team only lasted two seasons, folding after the 1976 season. In 1978, Boise again fielded a team, the independent Boise Buckskins, but after a 23-49 season, the team folded.

The current team was founded in 1987 as an independent member of the Northwest League, and joined the California Angels organization in 1990. In 2001 the Hawks moved their affiliation to the Cubs.

The Hawks play their home games at Memorial Stadium in Garden City, Idaho. The 4,500 seat facility, on the banks of the Boise River, opened in 1989 for the Hawks' third season. The stadium was privately built by an investor group led by Bill Pereira and son Cord Pereira. For their first two seasons (1987-1988), the Hawks played their home games at Bill Wigle Field on the campus of Borah High School.

The team is the sole asset of the Horizon Broadcast Group. Hawks games are heard on the radio on 1350 KTIK-AM.

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