'A positive force in our community': The future of the Vermont Lake Monsters The team will have new ownership, new partner league Share Updated: 10:17 AM EST Mar 1, 2021 The team will have new ownership, new partner league Share Updated: 10:17 AM EST Mar 1, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript THE VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS... ARE CHANGING OWNERSHIP, AND áLEAGUES. THE TEAM'S FUTURE HAS BEEN UP IN THE AIR FOR MORE THAN ááA YEAR NOW... AFTER MAJOR- LEAGUE BASEBALL ANNOUNCED CUTS TO 40 MINOR-LEAGUE CLUBS IN 20-19. TODAY, THE FRANCHISE ANNOUNCED IT WILL BE SOLD TO THE INVESTMENT GROUP: THE NOS A- MOURS BASEBALL CLUB.. AND JOIN THE FUTURES LEAGUE. NBC5'S KEN DRAKE IS GOING TO HAVE MORE ON THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT... ON THE SPORTS DESK. BUT FIRST, LET'S CHECK IN WITH NBC5'S ELENA BARILLA. SHE HAS REACTION TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT. ELENA. (áááBOXESááá) - (áááLIVEááá) A COMMON THEME I'VE GOTTEN FROM MY CONVERSATIONS TONIGHT - NO MATTER WHO'S PLAYING.. AND WHO THEY'RE PLAYING FOR... IT WON'T CHANGE THE ATMOSPHERE OF A GOOD BASEBALL GAME. (áááPKGááá) FREDA TUTT HAS BEEN HOSTING VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS PLAYERS... FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD! FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS. (FREDA TUTT/VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS HOST MOM) "IT WAS A CHANCE FOR ME TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY BY HELPING THESE PLAYERS ALONG THEIR JOURNEY." LAST SUMMER...WITH THE LAKE MONSTERS SEASON' CANCELLED...HER HOUSE WAS PRETTY EMPTY. BUT SHE'S BEEN HOPEFUL ABOUT THE GAME COMING BACK. WHILE THE DEAL IS NOT COMPLETELY DONE..THE LAKE MONSTERS DID SAY THEY WOULD NOT HAVE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE NEW OWNERSHIP IF THEY DIDN'T FEEL CONFIDENT THAT IT WOULD BE FINALIZED. (FREDA TUTT) "I'VE NEVER EVEN SEEN A COLLEGE WOOD BAT GAME, BUT I'M JUST EXCITED THAT THERE WILL BE BASEBALL IN VERMONT THIS SUMMER AND THE LAKE MONSTERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUCH A POSITIVE FORCE IN OUR COMMUNITY." COLIN PELUSE IS A PITCHER IN THE OAKLAND A'S ORGANIZATION. MAKING A STOP... PLAYING IN BURLINGTON IN 2019. (COLIN PELUSE/MINOR LEAGUE RHP, OAKLAND A'S ORGANIZATION) "I THINK THAT'S A GREAT TOWN FOR COLLEGE KIDS TO PLAY AND I THINK THEY'LL REALLY ENJOY IT. IF I WAS GOING THERE TO PLAY SUMMER BALL, SIGN ME UP RIGHT AWAY." HE SAYS THE TRANSITION FROM MINOR LEAGUES TO THE FUTURES LEAGUE WON'T CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT THE JOY OF WATCHING.. AND PLAYING BASEBALL. (COLIN PELUSE) "I THINK THEY'RE STILL GONNA SHOW UP AND COME IN BIG NUMBERS, AND I THINK THE ATMOSPHERE, THE FANS WILL STILL ENJOY IT AND HAVE A LOT OF FUN." BURLINGTON'S MAYOR MIRO WEINBERGER SAYING IN PART IN A STATEMENT... "WE WELCOME THE NEW OWNERSHIP GROUP AND LEAGUE TO BURLINGTON WITH THE HOPE THAT THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF YET ANOTHER GREAT CHAPTER OF BASEBALL IN THE QUEEN CITY." (áááLIVEááá) AS FAR AS WHAT THIS MEANS FOR FREDA TUTT AS A HOST MOM - SAYS SHE'S EXCITED TO TALK TO OTHER HOST FAMILIES IN THE FUTURES LEAGUE ABO