The Worcester Tornadoes were a professional baseball team based in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the United States. The Tornadoes were a member of the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball, an independent baseball league which was not affiliated with Major League Baseball. The Tornadoes played their home games at Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field, on the College of the Holy Cross campus. The Tornadoes were formerly owned by Perfect Game LLC. On October 5, 2009, the majority stake of the franchise was sold to an undisclosed group of Maryland-based investors, which was later revealed to be Todd Breighner of Streamlined Sports, Inc. The directors of the ownership group included Charles Milanz and John Grammer. Jorg Bassiacos is executive vice president and general manager. The Tornadoes were managed by Rich Gedman, a former Major League catcher with the Boston Red Sox, until the end of the 2010 season. The Worcester Tornadoes were named after the destructive tornado that hit Worcester on June 9, 1953. At a home game on or around the anniversary of the tornado, the team remembered the victims with a moment of silence before the singing of the national anthem. The Tornadoes, in their first season, won the Can-Am League Championship, sweeping the Quebec Capitales three games to zero. After beating Quebec in the first two games at Stade Municipal, the Tornadoes clinched the championship on their home field on September 15, 2005. On August 31, 2012, the Can-Am League announced that it was terminating the franchise's charter due to a slumping financial state which included failure to pay for uniform cleaning. League commissioner Miles Wolff declared he would try to find a new ownership group, but was unable to do so and the remaining Tornadoes players were either taken in a dispersal draft in October 2012 or given their outright releases. Baseball returned to Worcester in 2014 with the advent of the summer collegiate league Worcester Bravehearts, who took the Tornadoes’ place at Fitton Field. Since then, the Boston Red Sox have relocated their AAA team from Pawtucket, Rhode Island to Worcester, where they play as the Worcester Red Sox. (en)
Worchester Tornadoes was een honkbalteam, welk gestationeerd is in Worcester, Massachusetts. Sinds 2005 komt het team uit in de , ook wel de Can-Am League genoemd, een competitie die niet verbonden is aan de Major League Baseball. De club is vernoemd naar de vernietigende tornado die Worchester trof op 9 juli 1953. De Tornadoes is het eerste professionele honkbalteam dat speelde in Worchester sinds 70 jaar. Het speelde de eerste wedstrijd in mei 2005, en de thuisbasis is het (3500 plaatsen). De eigenaars van de club zijn Alan Stone (voorzitter), Tom Alperin en Ted Tye. De voormalig catcher bij Boston Red Sox, , is manager, en zijn voormalige ploeggenoot, , is de coach. In 2005 wonnen de Worchester Tornadoes het kampioenschap van de Can-Am League in eigen huis op 15 september. Op 31 augustus 2012 kwam een einde aan de Worchester Tornadoes wegens financiële problemen. (nl)
The Worcester Tornadoes were a professional baseball team based in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the United States. The Tornadoes were a member of the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball, an independent baseball league which was not affiliated with Major League Baseball. The Tornadoes played their home games at Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field, on the College of the Holy Cross campus. (en)
Worchester Tornadoes was een honkbalteam, welk gestationeerd is in Worcester, Massachusetts. Sinds 2005 komt het team uit in de , ook wel de Can-Am League genoemd, een competitie die niet verbonden is aan de Major League Baseball. De club is vernoemd naar de vernietigende tornado die Worchester trof op 9 juli 1953. In 2005 wonnen de Worchester Tornadoes het kampioenschap van de Can-Am League in eigen huis op 15 september. Op 31 augustus 2012 kwam een einde aan de Worchester Tornadoes wegens financiële problemen. (nl)