Hagerstown ALPB Team
# Hagerstown ALPB Team

The Hagerstown ALPB Team are a professional baseball team planned to begin play in 2024 in Hagerstown, Maryland. The franchise will compete in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and play their home games at the under-construction Hagerstown Multi-Use Sports and Events Facility.

## History

The team's creation was announced on September 1, 2021, with the intent to start playing in 2023. The delay to 2024 was announced in March 2022 based on the time needed to complete the stadium.

The team's name is being chosen through a name the team contest. Names were taken from May 22 through June 5, 2023. Voting is taking place from June 21 to July 7, 2023, from five choices: Battle Swans, Diezel Dogs, Flying Boxcars, Haymakers, and Tin Lizards.

## Management

The locally based ownership, Downtown Baseball LLC, consists of Howard "Blackie" Bowen (President), Don Bowman, James Holzapfel, and Frank Boulton.

In April 2023, David Blenckstone was named the team's general manager and first employee. Blenckstone stepped down as athletic director at St. Maria Goretti Catholic High School after 13 years. Blenckstone worked for 14 years for the Hagerstown Suns, a team his father owned from 1986 to 2001. He was the Suns' general manager from 1996 to 2001.

