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The Springfield Isotopes are Springfield's only minor league baseball team.
Profile[]
The team is shown as drastically underfunded and struggling in competition. They had a record 26-game losing streak.[1]
At various points the team has been owned by Antoine Tex O'Hara,[1] the mafia,[2] and the Duff Corporation.[2]
The stadium which the Isotopes' home games are played at has been referred to as Springfield Stadium,[1] Duff Stadium,[2] and Isotope Stadium.[3]
Homer Simpson was the Isotopes mascot for a brief period.[1]
The Team Cap
Players include Flash Baylor,[1] Fishbone Walker, Smash Diggins, Buck Mitchell,[3] and Babe Ruth IV.
Potential relocation[]
The low quality of the team combined with its financial difficulties has prompted management to consider moving the team. After the team was sold from the mafia to the Duff Corporation, Homer learned that there were plans to move the team to Albuquerque, and staged a hunger strike to prevent it. Springfield became aware of their plans to move the team due to Homer's efforts and their premature roll-out of food packaging with "Albuquerque Isotopes" written on them. Albuquerque decided to change the decision to move the team.[2]
In Real Life[]
The Calgary Cannons minor-league baseball team was relocating to Albuquerque prior to the 2003 season, and a poll was conducted to choose a new name for the team. "Isotopes" won about two-thirds of the voting, chosen in part of its popularity in "Hungry, Hungry Homer" and that New Mexico is home to many facilities dealing with nuclear technology. In 2007, statues of Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa were added to benches at Isotopes Park, originally to promote The Simpsons Movie, but remained after the tour ended. Visitors to the park can sit next to these statues and have their picture taken with the statues. Despite the team's name, the team does not having working agreements with Fox.
Appearances[]
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Episode – "Dancin' Homer" - Episode – "Three Men and a Comic Book" (plaque)
- Episode – "Homer the Heretic" (plaque)
- Episode – "New Kid on the Block" (plaque)
- Episode – "Duffless" (plaque)
- Episode – "Krusty Gets Kancelled" (plaque)
- Episode – "Homer Loves Flanders"
- Episode – "Lemon of Troy" (Mentioned; hat with logo seen)
- Episode – "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken"
- Episode – "Hungry, Hungry Homer"
- Episode – "The Bart of War" (Mentioned; stadium seen)
- Episode – "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play"
- Episode – "The Bob Next Door" (Mentioned)
- Episode – "The Kids Are All Fight" (Name seen on a flag)
- Episode – "The Longest Marge"
- Comic book – It's In The Cards
- Book – The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album
Citations[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Dancin' Homer"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Hungry, Hungry Homer"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play"