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November 27, 2007 - New Team, Logo Unveiled
as Family Entertainment, Baseball Return to Springfield
Entertainment (and baseball) is back at Robin Roberts
Stadium at Lanphier Park! The new Springfield Sliders
Baseball Club announced a new look on and off the field as
the owners (Jesse Bolder and Clark Eckhoff) discussed plans
to begin play in June 2008 with an emphasis on entertaining
fans with fun promotions and between innings games on par
with the best minor league teams in the country.
Locally, General Manager Darren Feller was introduced and
will lead the organization forward both on and off the
field. Feller has a solid mix of minor league baseball
business experience and is excited to share those ideas with
the Springfield community. “Our primary focus is making the
ballpark a fun place to be for everyone, whether they like
baseball or not. We also plan on having a solid team on the
field, so hopefully people will come out and enjoy the
excitement on and off the field.”
Head Coach Dylan Putnam was introduced to lead the Sliders
on the field in 2008. After a playing career that was
highlighted with being drafted by the New York Yankees and
later the Oakland Athletics, Putnam played his college ball
for Tulane University and later at Michigan State. He played
professional baseball in Washington and then left to begin
his coaching career as an assistant coach at Michigan State.
Putnam was then offered the Head Coach position at Oakland
University, a Division 1 program where he enjoyed two
successful seasons.
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Bios:
Darren Feller – General Manager
Darren Feller enters his first season as general manager of
the Springfield Sliders. In his current role, Feller is
responsible for all aspects of the team’s day to day
operations.
Prior to joining the Sliders, he served as a account
executive with the Madison Mallards in 2001, group sales
manager for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers in 2003, director
of promotions with the Salt Lake Stingers/Bees in 2004-2005
and director of sales & development at the Wisconsin Sports
Development Corporation 2006-2007.
Feller earned a bachelor’s degree in elementary education at
Edgewood College in 1999 and received a master’s degree in
sport administration at the University of Wisconsin-La
Crosse in 2002. He lettered four years in baseball at
Edgewood College as a centerfielder and received first team
All Lake Michigan honors in 1998-1999. He is currently
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Dylan Putnam – Field Manager
A 2002 graduate of Michigan State where he earned his
bachelor of science in Kinesiology, Putnam played baseball
for the Spartans as well as at Tulane University in New
Orleans, La., where he started his career in 1997. While a
member of the Green Wave pitching staff, Putnam was a
Conference USA All-Freshman team member and an academic
all-conference honoree. He was additionally on the Dean’s
List at MSU and served as a team captain during his senior
campaign in East Lansing. He was head coach at Oakland
University from 2006-2007.
Putnam heard his name called twice in the Major League
Baseball draft, first for the New York Yankees in 1997 and
for the Oakland Athletics in 2001. He spent the summer of
2002 with the Washington Wild Things of the Frontier League
as a relief pitcher.
CONTACTS, Darren Feller,
General Manager
(217) 679-3511 or (801) 414-9039
e-mail: boxball14@hotmail.com
www.springfieldsliders.com
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