Tri-City Chili Peppers

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Tri-City Chili Peppers
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Information
League Coastal Plain League  (North)
Location Colonial Heights, Virginia
Ballpark Shepherd Stadium
Founded2020
MascotBlaze [1] [2]
OwnershipByron Wurderman & Chris Martin [1]
General manager Rob Perez [1]
Manager James Bierlein [1] [3] [4]
Website Official website

The Tri-City Chili Peppers are a collegiate summer baseball team playing in the Coastal Plain League. The team plays its home games at Shepherd Stadium in Colonial Heights, Virginia. [1] The team joined the league in 2020 but didn't play due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5] [6] [7] Their first ever game was an 11-8 loss to the Holly Springs Salamanders on the road in North Carolina on Friday, May 28, 2021. [8] Their first ever home game was a 10-8 win over the Wilson Tobs on Monday, May 31, 2021. [9] [10] On June 1, 2024, the Chili Peppers played under conditions they described as "Cosmic Baseball." The game was played under black lights, with glow-in-the-dark balls, bats, bases and uniforms. [11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Team Info". Coastal Plain League. 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  2. ↑ Slayton, Keriann (February 2, 2021). "Boys of Summer". Richmond Magazine. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Roster". Tri-City Chili Peppers. Retrieved June 17, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Staff". Tri-City Chili Peppers. Retrieved June 17, 2025.
  5. ↑ "2021 Coastal Plain League Schedule Released!". Coastal Plain League (Press release). October 20, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Coastal Plain League's Tri-City Chili Peppers suspend operations, turn attention to next year". Richmond Times-Dispatch . June 10, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Tri-City Chili Peppers announce 2021 game schedule". WWBT . November 23, 2020. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Salamanders Take On Tri-City in CPL Season Opener!". Holly Springs Salamanders. May 29, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  9. ↑ "Opening Night [May 31, 2021] Recap". Tri-City Chili Peppers. June 1, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  10. ↑ "Chili Peppers Win 10-8 Slugfest Over Tobs". Wilson Tobs. May 31, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  11. ↑ "'Cosmic Baseball' to illuminate the game like never before". MLB.com. May 26, 2024. Retrieved June 2, 2024.


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