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The Southern Maryland Blue Crabs is an American professional baseball team based in Waldorf, Maryland. They are a member of the Freedom Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, an independent baseball league which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. From the 2008 season to the present, the Blue Crabs have played their home games at Regency Furniture Stadium. They represent the counties of Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary's, which are located on the Southern Maryland peninsula between Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Southern Maryland Baseball )〕 In 2006, Southern Maryland residents chose the name "Blue Crabs" in a team-sponsored fan ballot.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Southern Maryland Online )〕 The name refers to the indigenous blue crab, the official state crustacean of Maryland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Maryland Archives )〕 The Blue Crabs' fanbase has the nickname of "Crustacean Nation", an allusion to the Cardinal Nation and the Red Sox Nation fan clubs of the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox.〔(Crustacean Nation? )〕 == History == Charles County initiated efforts to bring affiliated professional baseball, in the form of a relocated single-A Kinston Indians team, to the Southern Maryland region in 1985, but those plans fell through. The progress made on the ballpark was reversed after Charles County commissioners voted against its financial support, instead deciding to funnel money to infrastructure projects. There were also concerns about marketability of the baseball team in a then-largely rural area. However, Southern Maryland's population boomed soon after as the suburban expansion of Washington, D.C. encompassed the region. In 2004, the town of Hughesville was targeted by the Opening Day Partners to be the home of its Southern Maryland franchise, but the town's residents voted against the measure to retain the area's rural nature. After Hughesville residents denied the ballpark, all focus was shifted to Waldorf, a bedroom community of Washington, D.C. The Atlantic League formally announced an expansion team for Southern Maryland on February 15, 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Southern Maryland Baseball )〕 The Blue Crabs were originally supposed to be an expansion team for the 2007 season, but the construction bids for Regency Furniture Stadium came in over budget. Instead, the Blue Crabs' inaugural season was set for 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=York Daily Record )〕 Initially, there was some concern about how the Blue Crabs would impact the attendance of the nearby Bowie Baysox, a Baltimore Orioles affiliate that plays about 25 miles away. The Baysox anticipated a small attendance drop initially, but have not worried about the issue in the long term. The Blue Crabs are owned by Opening Day Partners and Brooks Robinson, a former third baseman with the Baltimore Orioles from 1955 to 1977. Robinson was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983. The Blue Crabs were the runner-up in the 2009 Atlantic League Championship Series versus the Somerset Patriots. They again finished runner-up in the 2015 Atlantic League Championship Series versus Somerset. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Southern Maryland Blue Crabs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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