Looks like Avon, Ohio's Minor League (single A) Baseball team is coming together.

Information from the local news states that the pieces of the new Frontier League expansion baseball team are coming together.  The latest information was provided by the Cronicle Telegram yesterday and it indicated that John Massarelli, a former manager with more than 500 career victories with the Washington Wild Things, will take the helm of the Avon-based team.  This will be single A team to begin the season in 2009.

A new 5,000-seat stadium being built at Interstate 90 and state Route 611.Team spokeswoman Nicolle Meyer said the weather has allowed construction crews to remain on schedule, while other team developments such as its "name-the-team" contest and season ticket sales are coming soon. "The cement you see from the highway is the right and left field lines, and they're working their way around the outfield with cement walls," she said. "We're planning on launching the ‘name-the-team' contest in the next two weeks."

Massarelli said fans should expect to see some quality baseball when his team takes the field in June 2009. "Players in the Frontier League are motivated," he said. "They play for the love of the game, not their wallets, and that makes the league very unique. I think the people in Avon and the surrounding area are really going to enjoy it." Massarelli, 43, has the highest career winning percentage among Frontier League managers at .626 and is the only two-time recipient of the league's Roger Hanners Manager of the Year award. As a player, he got his start as a catcher and outfielder for the University of Akron and was drafted in 1987 by the Houston Astros organization. He played 10 seasons in the minor leagues, appearing in more than 930 career games. He eventually moved into coaching and spent five seasons managing in the Houston Astros development system, making stops in the New York-Penn League, the Class A Midwest League and the Carolina League.

New gathered from Stephen Szucs at The Chronicle-Telegram

Sounds like a great opportunity for the surrounding cities of Avon to see some professional baseball.