Sunday, July 14, 2019

Toledo Mud Hens - MiLB

July 16, 1995 Toledo, Ohio - - Frank Ellis cachet
July 16, 1995 Maumee, Ohio
1996
1996 was the centennial anniversary of baseball in Toledo, which played in 1896 as the Swamp Angels in the Interstate League at Bay View Park, outside the Toledo city limits. The area was inhabited by the American coot, which is known as a mud hen

The Mud Hens played in the American Association in 1903, until the team moved to Wichita in 1955

 In 1965 an International League team from Richmond relocated to Toledo and adopted the name Mud Hens as a Triple-A affiliate for the New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Indians, Minnesota Twins and Detroit Tigers

The Toledo Mud Hens are a minor league team currently playing in the International league as an affiliate of the Detroit Tigers. Home games are played at Fifth Third Field, which opened in 2002 replacing Ned Skeldon Stadium

Toledo Mud Hens Centennial adhesive backed sticker issued by the Stamp Collectors Club of Toledo in conjunction with Toledo Expo 96. The labels were issued in a sheet of 32 with the left upper corner using the slogan "Toledo Stamp Expo 96" and the lower right corner with the slogan "Stamp Collectors Club of Toledo" - Baseball is My Life

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2019
June 18 meter, the Mud hens defeated the Lehigh Valley Ironpigs 2-1
RBIs: Mud Hens - Pete Kozma, Jacob Robsen - Ironpigs - Mitch Walding
Winning Pitcher: Tim Adleman

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