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The idea of the Spring Cyclones started in March 2008 when manager Dean
Cosme was looking to start a team in the North Houston Wood Bat League.
He spoke with League President Joe Banasik and they agreed to meet at
the league tryouts and put together a team there. During the
tryouts, it became evident that the tryouts would not produce enough
players to fill out a team to become the Spring Cyclones.
Joe, who also managed the Houston Sky Sox,
drafted Dean as a player for his team. He relied on Dean to be the
team's main starting pitcher and fill-in first baseman. Dean
accepted the challenge and succeeded far beyond his imagination.
The Sky Sox finished the regular season 5-2 and lost in the first
round of the playoffs that season. That season was the foundation
for what would come one year later.
At Joe's request, Dean took over as manager
of the Houston Sky Sox in the Spring 2009 season. Towards the end
of the Summer 2009 season Dean, being a NY Mets fan, changed the name of
the team to the Spring Cyclones in honor of the Mets Single A minor
league team, the Brooklyn Cyclones.
With a new name, a new manager and with some
luck, a new outlook, the Spring Cyclones look to improve each season and
start taking home some Championships.
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