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	Lowell Spinners; Founded in 1996; Lowell, Massachusetts;
; Team Logo	; Cap Insignia
	Class-level
	Short-Season A;
	Minor league affiliations
	New York - Penn League Stedler Division; ;
	Major league affiliations
	Boston Red Sox (1996-present);
	Name
	Lowell Spinners (1996-present); Elmira Pioneers;
	Ballpark
	Edward A. LeLacheur Park (1998-present); Stoklosa Alumni Field (1996-1997);
	Minor league titles
League titles
Division titles	2008
	Owner(s)/Operated by: Drew Weber
	Manager: Gary DiSarcina
	General Manager: Tim Bawmann

The Lowell Spinners are a Short-Season A minor league baseball affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.

[edit] History

Founded in 1996 after Clyde Smoll moved the Elmira Pioneers to Lowell, Massachusetts, the Spinners play in the New York - Penn League, which has a Short-Season A classification with 76 games a year. The Spinners play 38 of the 76 games at their home park, Edward A. LeLacheur Park, in Lowell, near the Merrimack River. The official mascots of the Spinners are The Canaligator, Alligator, and Millie-Gator.

In 2005, the Spinners offered to pay for the uniforms to all Little Leagues in New England so that they would change all teams named "Yankees" into "Spinners".^[1]

In 2007 WLLH 1400 A.M. ("Boston's" ESPN Radio affiliate) was the flagship of Lowell Spinners baseball, after several years on Lowell talk station WCAP. As of 2008, Spinners games are back on WCAP.^[2]

On September 1 2008, the Spinners reached the NYPL (New York-Penn League) playoffs for the first time capturing the Stedler Division title.

As of the conclusion of the 2008 Spinners season, the franchise had sold out the past 346 games dating back to prior decade.

[edit] Spinners alumni

[edit] Current coaching staff

Manager Gary DiSarcina
Coach Tom Goodwin
Pitching coach Walter Miranda
Hitting coach Luis Lopez

[edit] 2009 Roster

Lowell Spinners roster

Players

Coaches/Other

Pitchers

45 Jose Alvarez
36 Anatanaer Batista
29 Jeremiah Bayer
44 Michael Bugary
63 Cesar Cabral
61 Yeiper Castillo
-- Stephen Fife
28 Tommy Hottovy #
-- Kris Johnson
23 Jeremy Kehrt
43 William Latimer
46 Wang-Yi Lin
39 Dennis Neuman
40 Pedro Perez
35 Chad Povich #
19 Ryan Pressly

Catchers

47 Chia-Chu Chen
33 Sean Killeen

Infielders

37 Michael Almanzar
5 Thomas Di Benedetto
2 Drew Dominguez
13 Joantoni Garcia
15 Derrik Gibson
22 Drew Hedman
24 Christopher McGuiness

Outfielders

17 Ronald Bermudez
41 Roberto Feliz
26 Jeremy Hazelbaker
34 William Holmes
7 Wilfred Pichardo
25 Ryan Westmoreland

Manager

33 Gary DiSarcina

Coaches

11 Luis Lopez (Hitting)
32 Kevin Walker (Pitching)

† Disabled list
* On Boston Red Sox 40-man roster
∞ Reserve list
§ Suspended list
‡ Restricted list
# Rehab assignment
Roster updated 2009-06-27
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