| Player |
Description |
Position |
| 1911 Wright Model B |
first airplane model produced in quantity by the Wright Bros; used in first military bomb-drop tests |
Infield |
| ALVIN |
first manned deep-sea submersible craft |
Pitcher |
| Apollo 11 |
vehicle of the 1969 manned moon landing |
Secondbase |
| Chariot |
early (c.3000 BCE) wheeled vehicle, popular for two millennia throughout Europe and Asia |
Pitcher |
| Columbia |
first space shuttle |
Shortstop |
| Conestoga Wagon |
settled (and/or decimated) the American West |
Thirdbase |
| Fokker T-2 |
first coast-to-coast US flight |
Centerfield |
| Frigorifique |
first refrigerator ship |
Pitcher |
| Hudson Super-Six Sedan |
classic "rumbleseat" roadster |
Catcher |
| Kon-Tiki |
balsawood raft that proved maritime-migration theories |
Pitcher |
| Merrimack |
early iron-sided warship, built in 1862 |
Infield |
| Model T |
the "Tin Lizzie," manufactured from 1908 to 1927 |
Pitcher |
| Montgolfier Balloon |
vehicle of the first manned flight, in 1783 |
Rightfield |
| New Orleans |
first steamboat on the Mississippi |
Pitcher |
| Noah's Ark |
first mass-transit vehicle mentioned in world literature |
Leftfield |
| NYC Subway System |
199-mile circulatory system of New York |
Pitcher |
| Otis Elevator |
made modern skyscrapers possible |
Pitcher |
| Pullman Car |
vehicle central to various American labor movements |
Outfield |
| Renault FT Tank |
dominant tank design of the period between World Wars |
Outfield |
| Titanic |
fabled ocean liner; sank on its maiden voyage in 1912 |
Firstbase |
| Tom Thumb |
first popular steam train in the US |
Infield |
| USS Nautilus |
first atomic-powered submarine, launched in 1954 |
Utility |
| Team Management |
| Appian Way |
most famous thoroughfare of the Roman Empire |
Manager |
| Panama Canal |
integral 20th-century Atlantic-Pacific link for American trade and defense |
Coach |
| Internal Combustion Engine |
power source for most vehicles currently in operation |
G.M. |
| The Wheel |
significant early invention |
Owner |
| Velodrome |
Home Park |
Seats 16,000 |
The Speed City Velocitors are a a new cosmic team created on January 23, 2000. It is a team of
vehicles significant to the history of transportation, representing five millennia of human endeavor on land, on the sea, and in the air. The team is owned by the wheel, a legendary figure in transportation circles. The general manager is the internal combustion engine, the power source for most vehicles currently in operation. The Panama Canal and
Appian Way serve as coach and field manager respectively. The Velocitors are the charge of Angela Gunn, a journalist
occasionally in motion and generally at rest at www.agunn.com. She spends much of her spare time listening for train whistles and seeking passage on the legendary slow boat to China.The Velocitors will be active during the 2000 season in the Cosmic Underleague.
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