What is meant by the term “albuquerque isotopes”?”
The Albuquerque Isotopes are a minor league baseball team based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The team, which plays in the Pacific Coast League, is the Triple-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Albuquerque was previously represented in the PCL as a Dodgers’ affiliate by the Albuquerque Dukes, who won several PCL championships in the 1970s and 1980s before relocating to Portland, Oregon, as the Portland Beavers in 2001. The Isotopes began play in 2003 when the Calgary Cannons relocated to New Mexico. The Isotopes’ mascot is Orbit, a big fuzzy electron. The fictional Springfield Isotopes from the long running TV series The Simpsons were the influence for the new name of the team. In the episode “Hungry Hungry Homer”, main character Homer Simpson attempts to thwart the team’s plan to move to Albuquerque by going on a hunger strike. Subsequently, when an Albuquerque Tribune online survey helped the team decide its new name, “Isotopes” received 67 percent of the 120,000 votes.[1] Though
The Albuquerque Isotopes are a minor league baseball team based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The team, which plays in the Pacific Coast League, is the Triple-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Albuquerque was previously represented in the PCL as a Dodgers’ affiliate by the Albuquerque Dukes, who won several PCL championships in the 1970s and 1980s before relocating to Portland, Oregon, as the Portland Beavers in 2001. The Isotopes began play in 2003 when the Calgary Cannons relocated to New Mexico. The Isotopes’ mascot is Orbit, a big fuzzy electron.
Fans in Albuquerque pack Isotopes Park to watch the suspended Dodgers star use these games to prepare for his return to the major league lineup though he strikes out and grounds out in his first at-ba.Ramirez started his week-long tour of the minor leagues with a strikeout and a groundout in his first two at-bats, which were preceded by standing ovations from the standing-room only crowd at Istopes Park. Starting in left field and batting first for the Dodgers triple-A affiliate Albuquerque Isotopes, Ramirez saw six pitches in his first at-bat, which ended with a swinging strike. He grounded out to short on a 1-and-0 pitch in the third inning.
