Marion Bobcats
Encyclopedia
The Marion Bobcats are a collegiate summer baseball
team based in Marion, Kentucky
. The team, a member of the Ohio Valley League, plays its home games at Gordon Blue Guess Field at Marion-Crittenden County Park.
in 2008, filling a vacancy left when the Sikeston Bulls
were listed as "inactive" for the season.http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/May/12/guess-hes-got-marion-back-on-basepaths The Bobcats left the KIT League in 2010 and currently play in the Ohio Valley League. The current General Manager is Gordon B. Guess. The manager is Kyle Medley, a pitcher with the Bobcats in their inaugural season, who played under Steve Fowler, the team's manager in its first three years.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
team based in Marion, Kentucky
Marion, Kentucky
Marion is a city in Crittenden County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,196. It is the county seat of Crittenden County...
. The team, a member of the Ohio Valley League, plays its home games at Gordon Blue Guess Field at Marion-Crittenden County Park.
History
The Marion Bobcats joined the KIT LeagueKIT League
The Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League is a summer collegiate wooden bat league. The league's name is formed from the initials of the states that originally hosted the first iteration of the KIT League...
in 2008, filling a vacancy left when the Sikeston Bulls
Sikeston Bulls
The Sikeston Bulls are a summer collegiate baseball team based in Sikeston, Missouri. The team, which plays in the KIT League plays its home games in VFW Memorial Stadium, located in Sikeston, Missouri...
were listed as "inactive" for the season.http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/May/12/guess-hes-got-marion-back-on-basepaths The Bobcats left the KIT League in 2010 and currently play in the Ohio Valley League. The current General Manager is Gordon B. Guess. The manager is Kyle Medley, a pitcher with the Bobcats in their inaugural season, who played under Steve Fowler, the team's manager in its first three years.
Team Performance in League Play
- 2008 Season: 20-28
- 2009 Season: 20-30
- 2010 Season: 16-24, 22-26 overall
- 2011 Season: 19-22, 20-22 overall