That's Oldsmobile Park, the home of the Lansing Lugnuts. If you head west from the stadium and can you find the Michigan Capitol Building?
The Lugnuts joined the Midwest League in 1997. Their immediate predecessor was Springfield, but that was just a placeholder franchise in 1996. According to MWL Guide, the Lugnuts are historically the Waterloo team.
Lansing had Kansas City as their first major league parent club. They were a Chicago Cub affiliate from 1999-2004. The Lugnuts have had an agreement with the Toronto Blue Jays since 2005.
Lansing won a MWL Championship in their first year and won their second league championship in 2003. They lost to the Peoria Chiefs in the 2002 finals.
Carlos Zambrano and Corey Patterson were both Lugnuts in 1999.
Lansing is the State Capital of Michigan and has a population of 300,032 (according to the 2000 census).
The campus of Michigan State University is east of Lansing in, um, East Lansing.
Want to learn more about the history of Michigan. Check out the Michigan Historical Museum or walk the Michigan Walk of Fame. Danny Thomas, Dr. Jonas Salk, and Gordie Howe were in the class of 2007.
Michigan automakers something that might interest you? RE Olds Transportation Museum may be for you.
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