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With over a decade of futility created by poor trades, poorly financed scouting leading to poor draft picks, and a poor use of free agent money, the Denver franchise has epitomized poor quality baseball in every facet of the phrase.
Mostly, it has poorly affected the poor fans that have had to sit through poorly played baseball lest they find something else to do with their poor time. In other aspects, it has negatively affected the poor city of Denver and left it disconnected with the model of success it hopes to promote throughout its community.
Today, the baseball franchise in Denver has elected to make sweeping changes across its parent club and affiliates, ranging from changes in uniform to team names. The moniker "Bulls" which has long been the team's nickname through its entire organization will no longer be a spoken representative of the team's future.
In fact, the parent club has announced that starting with the 2008 season, the Denver Bulls will be no more. This all in part with the franchise's hope that the arrival of a new batch of young recruits will change the fortunes of the team and the outlook of its city.
Starting with its minor league affiliates, the franchise has decided to pay homage to the cities by celebrating their histories and connecting the fans to the club in ways they could not previously.
In Arkansas, the team A-ball affiliate will be renamed the Little Rock Travelers after the state historical song of Arkansas "The Arkansas Traveler."
Its famous lines of a bumble bee being brought home by a child to its mother captures the spirt of a young drafted man aspiring to play for his parent club and provide the punch needed to jolt its rotation or lineup.
The AA-club will look to honor those men and women who participated in the Land Run of '89 into the Unassigned Lands of the Oklahoma District by naming the team the Oklahoma City 89'ers.
Through their unprecedented spirit and pride, the parent-club hopes to inspire their AA ballplayers to work hard to reach the next and last level of minor league success in order to achieve their dream of playing in the BLB.
And further out west in Arizona, the Tucson franchise will be now known as the Tucson Toros - an effort to recognize the old Bulls moniker with a language twist in honor of the early Spanish and Mexican settlers of the region.
But it is back in Colorado that the franchise will have the most immediate and recognizable change in its history.
To pay tribute to the city of Denver, gone are the red and black that dominated the uniforms, and arriving with bright splendor are the blue, yellow and red that make up the Denver flag.
Denver has selected the three prized men (Pat Verba, Jamie McPherson and Dave Perkins) that make up its new young outfield to fashion the new uniforms that will be worn starting in 2008.
Moving on from the change in color scheme is the dramatic shift away from a team nickname.
As shown in their new logo depicting both the Denver flag with a type face by Good Apples for the Create Denver campaign, the Denver franchise will be now known as Denver Baseball Club or Denver BC.
The team chose to keep two bulls running toward the Denver sun (along with seams to represent a baseball) to recognize its history as the Bulls, but moving forward has chosen to recognize the city of Denver and its origin as a baseball club indefinitely with the rest of the new logo.
The club hopes that these changes will allow the franchise to focus on its future by using past successes as instruments of motivation. Whether or not this means success on the baseball field remains to be seen, but the resources put in place toward development and scouting figure to have a positive effect on impacting the perspective of this franchise.
Mostly, it has poorly affected the poor fans that have had to sit through poorly played baseball lest they find something else to do with their poor time. In other aspects, it has negatively affected the poor city of Denver and left it disconnected with the model of success it hopes to promote throughout its community.
Today, the baseball franchise in Denver has elected to make sweeping changes across its parent club and affiliates, ranging from changes in uniform to team names. The moniker "Bulls" which has long been the team's nickname through its entire organization will no longer be a spoken representative of the team's future.
In fact, the parent club has announced that starting with the 2008 season, the Denver Bulls will be no more. This all in part with the franchise's hope that the arrival of a new batch of young recruits will change the fortunes of the team and the outlook of its city.
Starting with its minor league affiliates, the franchise has decided to pay homage to the cities by celebrating their histories and connecting the fans to the club in ways they could not previously.
In Arkansas, the team A-ball affiliate will be renamed the Little Rock Travelers after the state historical song of Arkansas "The Arkansas Traveler."
Its famous lines of a bumble bee being brought home by a child to its mother captures the spirt of a young drafted man aspiring to play for his parent club and provide the punch needed to jolt its rotation or lineup.
I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee
Won't my mommy be so proud of me?
I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee
Ouch! It stung me!
Won't my mommy be so proud of me?
I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee
Ouch! It stung me!
The AA-club will look to honor those men and women who participated in the Land Run of '89 into the Unassigned Lands of the Oklahoma District by naming the team the Oklahoma City 89'ers.
Through their unprecedented spirit and pride, the parent-club hopes to inspire their AA ballplayers to work hard to reach the next and last level of minor league success in order to achieve their dream of playing in the BLB.
And further out west in Arizona, the Tucson franchise will be now known as the Tucson Toros - an effort to recognize the old Bulls moniker with a language twist in honor of the early Spanish and Mexican settlers of the region.
But it is back in Colorado that the franchise will have the most immediate and recognizable change in its history.
To pay tribute to the city of Denver, gone are the red and black that dominated the uniforms, and arriving with bright splendor are the blue, yellow and red that make up the Denver flag.
Denver has selected the three prized men (Pat Verba, Jamie McPherson and Dave Perkins) that make up its new young outfield to fashion the new uniforms that will be worn starting in 2008.
Moving on from the change in color scheme is the dramatic shift away from a team nickname.
As shown in their new logo depicting both the Denver flag with a type face by Good Apples for the Create Denver campaign, the Denver franchise will be now known as Denver Baseball Club or Denver BC.
The team chose to keep two bulls running toward the Denver sun (along with seams to represent a baseball) to recognize its history as the Bulls, but moving forward has chosen to recognize the city of Denver and its origin as a baseball club indefinitely with the rest of the new logo.
The club hopes that these changes will allow the franchise to focus on its future by using past successes as instruments of motivation. Whether or not this means success on the baseball field remains to be seen, but the resources put in place toward development and scouting figure to have a positive effect on impacting the perspective of this franchise.
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