Thunder Bay Border Cats

From BR Bullpen

Location: Thunder Bay, ON, Canada
League: Northwoods League
Stadium: Port Arthur Stadium

1 Team Bio
2 2007 On-Field Staff
3 Border Cats in Affiliated Baseball
4 Related Links

[edit] Team Bio

Founded as an expansion to the Northwoods League in 2003, the Thunder Bay Border Cats are a Summer Collegiate Baseball team based in Thunder Bay, ON Canada. The Border Cats are the only Canadian member of the Northwoods League as of 2006 and throughout their residence in Thunder Bay, have hosted some of the most talented collegiate athletes from throughout the United States and Canada. The border cats are loosely affiliated with the Minnesota Twins, who provide organizational support to the team.

The Thunder Bay Border Cats are dedicated and designed to provide minor league level competition for NCAA players that wish to continue on into professional baseball. The Border Cats operate in the model a Minor League team: playing nightly before fans in stadiums which seat thousands, using wood bats and minor league specification equipment, and experiencing road trips between games. Like all other summer collegiate players, Border Cats players are unpaid in order to maintain their NCAA eligibility, and live with host families in the same manner as Single A and Independent League players.