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The Fort Wayne TinCaps are a Class A minor league baseball team, affiliated with the San Diego Padres, that plays in the Midwest League. They won their first Midwest League Championship in 2009. ==History== The Midwest League came to Fort Wayne in . The franchise dates back from the league's days as the Illinois State League, starting in in Mattoon, Illinois. In the team moved to Keokuk, Iowa, where it spent five seasons; it was based in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin (–) and Kenosha, Wisconsin (–) before moving to Fort Wayne. The team was a Minnesota Twins farm team before they affiliated with the Padres in . When the team moved to Fort Wayne in 1993, it adopted a new name, the Wizards. The name TinCaps was chosen following the 2008 season, alluding to John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed.〔("Fort Wayne no longer the Wizards." ) Scout.com. 2 October 2008. Retrieved on 10 August 2009.〕 The Tin Cap refers to a fictionalized depiction of John Chapman wearing a cooking pot as a hat in the 1948 Walt Disney movie "Johnny Appleseed," though this depiction has been disputed by historians. Chapman spent his final years in Fort Wayne and is buried in the city.〔()〕 The team's home park was Memorial Stadium, which opened in 1993; a franchise attendance record of 318,506 was also set that year. As part of the Harrison Square revitalization project, Parkview Field became the official home of the TinCaps at the start of the 2009 season.〔Leininger, Kevin, ''(2007's top local stories )'', ''Fort Wayne News-Sentinel'', January 1, 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-27.〕 To coincide with the new ballpark, the team held a contest to determine a new name for the Wizards once that new ballpark opened, and "TinCaps" was the result.〔''(Fort Wayne Wizards to Hold Re-Naming Contest )'', ''HarrisonSquareFortWayne.com'', June 15, 2008. Retrieved 2008-06-19.〕 The mascot of the TinCaps is Johnny. Previously, for the Wizards, it was Dinger the Dragon and prior to that, the Wizards were represented by Wayne the Wizard. The team won the Midwest League 2009 championship by sweeping the Burlington Bees, 3–0. The first two games were played at Parkview Field and the final, decisive game was played in Burlington, Iowa. The team and its staff were honored at Parkview Field in a special victory rally on September 18, 2009.〔http://www.tincaps.com/news/default/2/〕 In addition to winning a franchise record-setting 94 games in their new home, fans shattered the previous attendance record for the season, with 378,529 coming through the turnstiles.〔Watson, Dan, ''("TinCaps Rewrite Franchise Record Book" )'', ''tincaps.com'', September 9, 2009. Retrieved 2010-05-26.〕 The TinCaps also clinched playoff spots in each of the following two seasons. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fort Wayne TinCaps」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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