Keith Rogers, owner of the Oneonta Outlaws, recently described to Rotarians how the New York Collegiate Baseball League team will help Oneonta.
The Outlaws will play home games at Damaschke Field after the Oneonta Tigers announced it will move to Norwich, Conn. The 14-team, two division NYCBL is meant to prepare players for professional baseball. The players are unpaid, but the team will support eight jobs and manager Greg Zackrison is paid.
"It's not a business. We don't need to make a dollar here. We're looking to build a tradition here," Rogers said at the March 19 Rotary meeting.
Admission at NYCBL games is frequently less than $5, and the team will offer a beer garden and other concessions.
The team will include Jeff Wiltsie, a 2009 Oneonta High School graduate playing for SUNY Cortland.
The team needs families to host players. If interested, call 432-6326.
