The Indianapolis Indians are a minor league baseball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The team, which plays in the International League, is the Triple-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates major-league club. The Indians play at Victory Field, located in downtown Indianapolis. Rowdie is the mascot for the Indians.
Founded in 1902, the Indianapolis Indians are the second-oldest minor league franchise in American professional baseball, behind only the International League's Rochester Red Wings. Despite sharing their nickname with the better-known Cleveland Indians of the American League, the Indianapolis team has been affiliated with the Cleveland team for only five seasons (1952–1956).
Although the club began in 1902, 1887 marked the beginning of 125 consecutive seasons of professional baseball in Indianapolis. In 2011 the Indians commemorated the 125th season of professional baseball in Indianapolis with a commemorative logo patch on their jerseys.
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“At length he would call to let us know where he was waiting for us with his canoe, when, on account of the windings of the stream, we did not know where the shore was, but he did not call often enough, forgetting that we were not Indians.... This was not because he was unaccommodating, but a proof of superior manners. Indians like to get along with the least possible communication and ado. He was really paying us a great compliment all the while, thinking that we preferred a hint to a kick.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)