Prospect League Elects Terre Haute’s Rosselli President

PRESS RELEASE – The great news continues to flow from Terre Haute, Indiana within the baseball world. In addition to winning the 2015 Prospect League Championship, the Terre Haute REX will help lead the League off the field.

Rex Open New Team Headquarters

PRESS RELEASE – Rex owners, Brian Dorsett, Bruce Rosselli, Kevin Hoolehan, Ray Kepner, Bob Brown and John Newton, proudly opened their new REX Headquarters’ doors, along with Terre Haute Mayor, Duke Bennett and Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce President, David Haynes, on Thursday, December 16, 2014.

Terre Haute Rex Sold

PRESS RELEASE – Terre Haute REX baseball will return to action this summer. The Indiana State University Foundation announced today that the Terre Haute REX franchise has been sold to a local ownership consortium, the Wabash Valley Baseball, LLC.

Rex Debut in Front of 1,300

The Terre Haute (IN) Rex, one of four new teams in the summer collegiate Prospect League, made their home debut on Thursday in front of 1,300 fans at Bob Warn Field.  The Rex lost to the Springfield Sliders 5-2 in 10 innings.  Read more here.

Rex Ramping Up for Inaugural Home Opener

The Terre Haute Rex, one of the summer collegiate Prospect League’s four new franchises, are busy scrambling with excitement and anticipation to prepare for their home debut on June 3 against the Springfield (IL) Sliders.  Everything seems to be coming together nicely for the new club, but there is still plenty to do.  Read more here.

Rex Launch Website II

Back on March 16, we mistakingly identified www.terrehauterex.com as the official new site for the Prospect League’s Terre Haute Rex.  The official Rex site designed by Infinity Pro Sports can be found at  www.threxbaseball.com.

Rex Launch Website

The Terre Haute Rex, a 2010 expansion franchise from the summer collegiate Prospect League, have launched a new website.  We are not sure if this is the team’s permanent online presence or not, as it was done below grade using the WordPress program.  The site can be found at www.terrehauterex.com.

Terre Haute’s Storied Ballpark History

Tribune-Star reporter Mark Bennett takes a look back at minor league baseball in Terre Haute and 16,000-capacity Memorial Stadium that opened in 1925 and was leveled in 1969.  Minor league-style baseball will return to Terre Haute this season as the Prospect League’s Terre Haute Rex begin play at the new Bob Warn Field on the campus of Indiana State University.  Read more here.

Terre Haute Rex Unveil New Logo

The summer collegiate Prospect League’s new team in Terre Haute, IN, has just released its new logo.  It was created by the design team from the Clabber Girl Corporation.  Read more here.  As we previously reported, the team was named after Clabber Girl’s Rex® Brand Coffee.  Unfortunately, from our perspective, the logo misses the mark.

Terre Haute Team Identity Percolating on the Cutting Edge

The owners of the new Terre Haute Rex baseball club have an incredible opportunity in their mitts to break new ground in the world of baseball franchise branding and marketing.  If done right, the club’s new moniker could make even the most seasoned top executives in the professional ranks turn their heads.

Prospect League Expands to 14 Teams

The Prospect League has officially announced that it has added three teams to its lineup for 2010, including the West Virginia (Beckley) Miners, DeKalb County (IL) Liners, and Terre Haute (IN) Rex.  Read more here and here.