A little Swing music

Actually, SWING news...I was watching the noon news on KWQC. There was a promo about the Your Team...Your Name contest that the SWING are running to replace the SWING nickname.

Some of the names that fans were using on the promo spot were River Bandits, Harvesters, and Quads...Quad Cities Quads? That's different. Think about the mascot they could have for that.

It sounds like the decision will be coming soon.

Also, last week there was a meet the new owners article at qctimes.net

Facing the music: Swing owner-to-be hopes to connect with fans

As fans enter John O’Donnell Stadium for a Swing of the Quad-Cities game these days, they are greeted on the concourse by a tall, slender man wearing a broad smile.

He says “hello,” then listens intently to what the fan has to say after he tells him that he is the prospective owner of the Quad-Cities’ Midwest League franchise.

Dave Heller has spent much of the summer with his ears and eyes open as he gets to know the Quad-Cities and as the Quad-Cities gets to know one of the two impending owners of a franchise in its 48th year of operation.
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In its history, the Quad-Cities franchise has operated under the umbrella of four different ownership groups.

The local Quad-City Baseball Fans Association ran the club as a non-profit corporation from 1960 until 1986. It sold the club to Chicago businessman Harry Semrow, who owned it for one year before it was sold to another Chicago businessman, Richard Holtzman.

Kevin Krause, the head of Seventh Inning Stretch, finalized his purchase of the club from Holtzman nine years ago and unlike Semrow and Holtzman, Krause relocated to the Quad-Cities to take an active role in operating the team.

Heller said that while ownership can set a tone for the way a franchise conducts itself, he also thinks a team approach is necessary.

“The idea of having one or two people run a club isn’t practical in this size of a market. It takes a team approach and we expect our team to be actively involved in the community,” he said.

“Everybody on our staff will be active and we’ll be involved in charitable activities from both a sponsorship aspect and from the aspect of hosting events at our facility to assist others in their efforts.

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