| Schaumburg Boomers | |||||
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| League | Frontier League (West Division) | ||||
| Location | Schaumburg, Illinois | ||||
| Ballpark | Wintrust Field | ||||
| Founded | 2011 | ||||
| League championships | 4 (2013, 2014, 2017, 2021) | ||||
| Division championships | 3 (2013, 2017, 2021) | ||||
| Colors | Black, orange, white | ||||
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| Ownership | Patrick "Pat" Salvi | ||||
| Manager | Jamie Bennett | ||||
| General Manager | Michael Larson | ||||
| Media | Daily Herald | ||||
| Website | boomersbaseball | ||||
The Schaumburg Boomers are a professional baseball team based in Schaumburg, Illinois. The Boomers compete in the Frontier League (FL) as a member of the West Division in the Midwest Conference and have won four league championships since their founding in 2011. They are the Frontier League's team with the most titles since their existence. Since 2011, the team has played their home games at the Wintrust Field, which they share with the Dominican Stars, a collegiate summer baseball team playing in the NCAA. The Boomers replaced the now defunct Schaumburg Flyers of the Northern League after the franchise was evicted for not paying almost US$1 million in back rent.[1]
The "Boomers" nickname comes from a common nickname for males of the greater prairie chicken species, a bird which was once abundant in the Midwest but is now a vulnerable species. That bird's nickname comes from the dance these males do in order to attract females for mating purposes. The Boomers carry on the mascot's tradition by performing a reenactment of the prairie chicken's dance in between innings during games.
- ^ Jaworski, Jim (January 11, 2012). "After Flyers, Schaumburg Boomers Get Ready to Play Ball". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 9, 2016. Retrieved October 7, 2016.