The High Point Rockers are an American professional baseball team based at

Truist Point Truist Point is a baseball stadium located in High Point, North Carolina and is home to the High Point Rockers of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. The ballpark is bordered by Elm, English, Gatewood and Lindsay streets. Truist (form ...

ballpark in

High Point, North Carolina High Point is a city in the Piedmont Triad region of the U.S. state of North Carolina. Most of the city is in Guilford County, with parts extending into Randolph, Davidson, and Forsyth counties. High Point is North Carolina's only city that ...

, which is part of the

Piedmont Triad The Piedmont Triad (or simply the Triad) is a metropolitan region in the north-central part of the U.S. state of North Carolina anchored by three cities: Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. This close group of cities lies in the Piedmon ...

region. They are members of the South Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, a "partner league" of

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History

Shortly before the conclusion of the 2017 season, the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, voted to not continue with professional baseball in the city and announced plans to convert

The Ballpark at Harbor Yard The Ballpark at Harbor Yard was a 5,500-seat minor-league ballpark in downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut that opened on May 21, 1998. The stadium was located next to the Webster Bank Arena, now known as the Total Mortgage Arena. It was named "Harb ...

into a music amphitheater. On August 7, 2017, the

Bridgeport Bluefish The Bridgeport Bluefish were an American minor league baseball team based in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The team was a member of the Liberty Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, which was not affiliated with Major League Baseba ...

announced that the 2017 season would be the team's last in Bridgeport after playing in the city for 20 years. On September 8, 2017,

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(league founder and a team owner) announced that the Bluefish would move to

. The league instead unanimously approved a new franchise in High Point on March 12, 2018, to replace the Bluefish to begin play in 2019. Ground was officially broken on April 11, 2018, for the new ballpark in High Point, to be called BB&T Point (now Truist Point). On June 7, 2018, a "Name the Team" contest was launched with nine finalists: Chairmen, Dragon Claws, Hush Puppies, Iron Dragons, Iron Eagles, Pioneers, Rockers, and Splinters. On June 21, 2018, the names were narrowed down to Dragon Claws, Rockers, and Splinters. On July 12, 2018, Rockers was chosen as the team name. On November 28, 2018, the High Point Rockers announced Jamie Keefe as the team's first manager and

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as the Rockers' first pitching coach. On April 1, 2019, the team revealed their mascot, a

rocking horse __NOTOC__ A rocking horse is a child's toy, usually shaped like a horse and mounted on rockers similar to a rocking chair. There are two sorts, the one where the horse part sits rigidly attached to a pair of curved rockers that are in contact wit ...

, and invited the public to submit name suggestions. The Rockers won their inaugural home game, defeating the

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on May 2, 2019.

Current roster

Season by season results

References

External links

Official website
{{North Carolina Sports 2018 establishments in North Carolina Baseball teams established in 2018 Atlantic League of Professional Baseball teams Professional baseball teams in North Carolina High Point, North Carolina Sports in the Piedmont Triad