Madison Muskies
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The Madison Muskies were a Class A minor league baseball team that played in the Midwest League from 1982 to 1993. They were an affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. The team played at Warner Park and was started by Madison, Wisconsin entrepreuner Ed Janus. José Canseco, Tim Belcher, Terry Steinbach, Ozzie Canseco, Tanyon Sturtze, Luis Polonia, Walt Weiss,Todd Van Poppel, Rick Honeycutt, Miguel Jiminez, Tom Romano, Steve Kiefer, Ron Coomer, Tommy John and Scott Brosius are among former Muskies players who who have played at the major league level. The Muskies original manager, Brad Fischer, is now the bullpen coach for the Oakland A's[1].
The debut Muskies team lost the Midwest League championship to the Appleton Foxes 2 games to 1. Muskies OF Tom Romano was the Midwest League Most Valuable Player in 1982.
In 1993, the team relocated to Grand Rapids, Michigan and were renamed the West Michigan Whitecaps where it has been since though now as an affiliate of the Detroit Tigers.
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