York Revolution Baseball and Brooks Robinson

Did you know one of the prominent members of the York Revolution Minor League Baseball Team ownership group was Brooks Robinson? The former All Star Baltimore Oriole played for its predecessor the York White Roses.
Before that you need to understand the history of the Central PA baseball teams.
The York White Roses, also known as the York Pirates in their last two seasons of existence, played from 1884 to 1969. The White Roses were bitter rivals of the Red Roses of the nearby city of Lancaster.
If you need to look further why how about starting in the annals of history?
It turns out that both teams were named after the two factions of England's historic Wars of the Roses.
York tried for ten years to bring professional baseball back to the city. The process looked promising in 2003, until politics and finances put a stumbling block to the project.
In April 2006, the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball formally announced an expansion team for the city of York.  The role of Brooks Robinson was formally recognized.   A statue of Robinson was erected in the area outside the stadium entrance and called Brooks Robinson Plaza in his honor.

The Revolution's inaugural season saw the team finish 3rd in the South Division. The team found their winning ways in 2008.  They came in first and had their first trip to the playoffs.  After an early exit they returned again in 2010 when they won the league championship.
This was celebrated by the city's fans their first championship since the 1969 York Pirates of the Eastern League.  The Revs as they are known by the locals took home the trophy again in 2011, winning back-to-back championships.  They became the second team in league history to be repeat champions. They returned to the playoffs for a third straight season in 2012, but exited in the first round.

With minor league baseball economics the Revs experienced their own ups and downs.
In the 2009 preseason, the Revolution joined the two other Atlantic League teams in holding their spring training at home instead of the traditional site in Lakeland, Florida. The respective ownership groups of the three teams came to this decision so as to cut costs, citing the 2008 economic recession.

We give  tribute to the success of York Revolution Baseball with the kickoff to our latest video featuring York PA.

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