The Holyoke Millers were a minor league baseball team located in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The team played in the Eastern League. Their home stadium was Mackenzie Stadium. The Millers played from 1977 to 1982 and was a farm team of the Milwaukee Brewers the first four years and the California Angels the last two years. In 1980, the team won the Eastern League championship.
The nickname 'Millers' was derived from the many paper mills that Holyoke was noted for, especially in the first half of the 20th century.
Read more about Holyoke Millers: 1981 Holyoke Millers
Famous quotes containing the word millers:
““There are no millers any more,”
Was all that she had heard him say:
And he had lingered at the door
So long that it seemed yesterday.”
—Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)