Nashua Pride
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Nashua Pride | |
Founded | 1998 |
Ballpark | Holman Stadium |
Based in | Nashua, New Hampshire |
Team Colors | black and blue |
League | Can-Am League |
Team Trainer | |
General manager | Robin Wallace |
Manager | Butch Hobson |
Owner | John Stabile II |
The Nashua Pride is a Can-Am League team based in Nashua, New Hampshire. They play in the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball, which is not affilitated with Major League Baseball.
Before the 2006 season, the Pride played in the Northern Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. It won that league's championship in 2000.
American skiier Bode Miller played a home game for the team on July 29, 2006.
[edit] Nashua baseball history
The Pride is one of several professional teams to play in Nashua, but one of only five to have played at Holman Stadium:
- 1895: Nashua Rainmakers, New England Association
- 1901-1905: Nashua, New England League - B
- 1926-1927: Nashua Millionaires, New England League - B
- 1929-1930: Nashua Millionaires, New England League - B
- 1933: Nashua, New England League - B
- 1946-1949: Nashua Dodgers, New England League - B
- 1983: Nashua Angels, Eastern League - AA
- 1984-1986: Nashua Pirates, Eastern League - AA
- 1995-1996: Nashua Hawks, North Atlantic League - independent
- 1998-2005: Nashua Pride, Atlantic League - independent
- 2006-present: Nashua Pride, Can-Am League - independent
[edit] Notable Alumni
- Brendan Donnelly - 1999
- Curtis Pride - 1999, 2003, 2004
- Sam Horn - 2000, 2001
- Paxton Crawford - 2003
- Dante Bichette - 2004
- Jeff Juden - 2004
- Darren Bragg - 2005
- Orlando Miller - 2005
- Jeff Sparks - 2005