The Miami Marlins newest Triple-A affiliate finally has a mascot to call its own. The Wichita Wind Surge was finally born Wednesday night after a much-awaited unveiling by the team’s front office. The move by the Marlins to Wichita after making New Orleans home ends a 12-year drought of minor league baseball in the community.
“The Wind Surge will play in a brand new ballpark, which is being constructed on the same site where Lawrence-Dumont Stadium once stood. That venerable facility, built in 1934 and demolished in 2018, hosted a variety of professional baseball teams over a span of more than eight decades,” writes Benjamin Hill of MiLB.