The Chattanooga Lookouts will be the affliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2009, according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
The Lookouts had been the Class AA affiliate of the Reds for the last 21 years.
The Lookouts owner said he wasn't happy about the way the Reds' top prospects seemed to zoom right through Chattanooga -- Jay Bruce and Drew Stubbs had just cups of coffee with the Lookouts while going through the system.
It looks like the two possibilities are Carolina (in Zebulon, N.C.) and Connecticut (in Norwich, Conn.) as possibilities for the new Reds Class AA affiliate. Carolina is in the Southern League, Connecticut is in the Eastern League. The Southern League has better weather, the Eastern League would likely be better for travel.
What really bothers me is that the Lookouts will change thier uniforms to correspond with the Dodgers. That's just not right.
I've never understood why a minor league team signs on with someone on the other side of the country.
GoettaI thought part of the draw was that fans could watch players who could be playing for the local favorite big league team someday?
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