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The Yard Goats announced Thursday that the team will play a game as the Hartford Thunder Chickens next season. The team released a special uniform and hat combination for the occasion, set for ...

Drum-roll please...the team says its first alternate identity of the new season will be…The Hartford Thunder Chickens. On a date to be determined, Yard Goats players will dress in the newly ...

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The Hartford Yard Goats will play as the Bouncing Pickles, Los Chivos, Thunder Chickens, Leaf Peepers, Schoolboys in 2025.

On May 29, they will morph into the Hartford Thunder Chickens when they play the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. The name is a tribut to Connecticut's rampant -- and loud -- wild turkey population.

The Colorado Rockies' Double-A affiliate will play as the Hartford Thunder Chickens for one game only this year, the team announced Thursday. They will sport the new look against the New Hampshire ...

This year, two new identities will be added: the Hartford Thunder Chickens and the Hartford Leaf Peepers The Hartford Thunder Chickens will debut their new logo, which includes a turkey ...

The local affiliate of the Colorado Rockies will play a game as the Hartford Thunder Chickens at home at Dunkin’ Park and wear uniform jerseys and caps with the alternate team name and logo.