Great Lakes Loons – Dodgers High A Affiliate

Can you hear me now? Breathing, that is. When I first read J.P. Hoornstra’s breaking news that the Loons would no longer be a Dodger affiliate, I didn’t stop breathing but held my breath which is just as uncomfortable. J.P. likes to be out front on things – as we all do – and sometimes does just that. I wasn’t sure but felt it might be fake news after checking the Loons web site.

At that time Great Lakes Loons’ interim president and general manager Mike Hayes said that rumors about the Los Angeles Dodgers ending their lengthy affiliation with the Loons were just plain false. Still, the Dodgers had not made an invitation to the Loons. So it was wait and see. As we know now, the invitation has…