The Roswell Invaders are a professional baseball team based in Roswell, New Mexico USA that were founded in 2010 and began play in 2011.
The Invader's Colors are Navy blue and Nuclear Alien Green, silver and white.
The Roswell Invaders play in the Pecos League of Professional Baseball Clubs, which is not affiliated with Major or Minor League Baseball.
What is an Invader?
The Roswell Invaders were named by Amy Dunn a direct relative to Pecos League Owner Andrew Dunn.
In consistant theme of naming teams original names that historically represent the area they are from.
An Invader is a person or group that invades a country, region, or other place.
Roswell, New Mexico is defined as the UFO Capital of the World
Roswell is most popularly known for having its name attached to what is now called the Roswell UFO incident, though the crash site of the alleged UFO was some 75 miles (121 km) from Roswell and closer to Corona. The investigation and debris recovery was handled by the local Roswell Army Air Field. Roswell is a popular town for tourists from around the country because of its many alien-themed stores, restaurants, museums, and other attractions, including a McDonald's location built in the form of a flying saucer.
The Invaders are consistant with the theme of Roswell as an Extra Terrestrial Character.
The Invaders won the Pecos League Championship in 2011, 2013, 2015, 2022 and won the Mountain Division Championship in 2017 and 2022.
winning the mountain division Chamipionship was possibly tougher than winning the first three league championships as the Pecos League expanded from 6 teams to 12.
The new markets include places such as Tucson, Bakersfield, High Desert, Garden City and Monterey.
These are much bigger markets than the original Pecos League, thus being able to attract much better players.
In 2018 Brian Portelli set every offensive Record in the history of the Pecos League. His numbers were comparable to Joe Bauman who had his record season in Roswell.
In August 2016 The Roswell Invaders entered the World Baseball Challenge.
The went 5-2 losing both games to Japan and winning the Silver Medal.
Team Japan 2016 World Baseball Challenge Gold Medalists
Roswell Invaders 2016 World Baseball Challenge Silver Medalists
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