Jack McDowell announced as Sock Puppets manager
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Former Cy Young Award winner and 3x All-Star at the helm for Burlington
March 15th, 2021
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BURLINGTON, N.C. The Burlington Sock Puppets announced this morning that former Cy Young Award winner Jack McDowell will be leading the newly rebranded team during its inaugural season this summer. McDowell, who spent 12 years in the big leagues, has recently managed in the Los Angeles Dodgers system (Ogden and Arizona League) as well as Queen s University in Charlotte.
“As a lifelong participant in the game of baseball, as both a coach and a player, I am thrilled to be managing the Burlington Sock Puppets this summer,” McDowell said. “It is fulfilling to coach players looking to improve their skills and knowledge of our game. This opportunity is meaningful for me, and I cannot wait to impact the lives of countless collegiate baseball players in the Appalachian League this year. It is going to be a positive an
Hated ex-Yankees pitcher Jack McDowell resurfaces
Updated Mar 15, 2021;
Posted Mar 15, 2021
Former right-hander Jack McDowell, pictured in 2018 throwing out a ceremonial first pitch before a Chicago White Sox game, led the 1995 Yankees with 15 wins.
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Yankees fans who were following the team a quarter century ago probably still have no love lost for 1995 staff ace Jack McDowell, who is returning to baseball this year as manager in a developmental summer league.
The right-hander is a Chicago White Sox great, and while his one season in Yankees pinstripes looks good on paper, that doesn’t tell half of his story from that roller coaster year. Although leading the ’95 Yankees with 15 wins and racking up an AL-best eight complete games for a ballclub that ended the franchise’s long postseason drought at 13 seasons, McDowell earned his standing as a hated Yankee.
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Over his more than 30-year career, Cheek was part of a rotating cast of local leaders weaning the local economy off textiles by recruiting companies in other industries and making room for them. He also managed Mebane while it nearly doubled in population and was part of another trend in governance focusing on quality of life issues, which turns out to be especially appealing to people not tied to a workplace.
“I think the most important quality he brought was his vision,” said Mebane City Council Member Patty Phillips. “The quality of life is probably the most important aspect of local government these days because people can live anywhere they want.”
New Burlington Team Name Tips Hat To Its Industrial Past by Paul Garber Image via Burlington Sock Puppets on Twitter.
A Triad baseball team has a new name tied to its host city’s industrial past - the Burlington Sock Puppets.
The name is a reflection of how hard it has become over the last several years to pick a new moniker for a minor-level team.
No longer are we satisfied with common names that populate the major sports teams in big cities. Now, locals want their team to reflect the uniqueness of their city. And that’s not easy to do.