  the great lakes loons, based in midland, michigan, is a low class a minor league baseball team, affiliated with the los angeles dodgers. the team plays in the midwest league and their home park is dow diamond, which opened in april 2007. ==history== the midwest league came to battle creek, in 1995 after the franchise formerly known as the madison hatters moved. the team was first known as the battle creek golden kazoos. due to a trademark dispute and general fan dissatisfaction with the name (which is a nickname for the nearby city of kalamazoo), the name was changed to the michigan battle cats on march 9, 1995. thumb|left|the field at c. o. brown stadium before a southwest michigan devil rays game the team was affiliated with the boston red sox (1995â98) and houston astros (1999â2002). the team changed its name to the battle creek yankees after becoming an affiliate of the new york yankees in 2003. the tampa bay devil rays took over affiliation of the team in september 2004, changing the team name to southwest michigan devil rays. in september 2006, the team announced its affiliation with the los angeles dodgers. in january 2006, it was confirmed that the devil rays would be sold to the non-profit michigan baseball foundation and relocated to midland, michigan. the team has been renamed the great lakes loons. the main reason the team relocated was because of the lack of interest from the battle creek community. reduced ticket prices, and even a night when fans were actually offered a dollar to come to that night's game, failed to pique the
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