Springfield Isotopes

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The Springfield Isotopes is a fictional Minor league baseball team that is occasionally featured on the American animated television series The Simpsons. The Isotopes play in the Tornado Belt League which appears to be in the low minors and play their home games at Isotope Stadium.

The team's flagship radio station appears to be the fictional KBBL-AM with a play-by-play broadcaster whose voice and appearance resemble the legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully.

The Isotopes have appeared in the following Simpsons episodes:

• Dancin' Homer
• Wild Barts Can't Be Broken
• Bart of War
• Hungry Hungry Homer
• Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play

[edit] Influence

The Springfield Isotopes were the influence for the new name of the Florida Marlins' AAA affiliate when they relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico from Calgary, Alberta. The team was named the Albuquerque Isotopes. The plot of Hungry Hungry Homer revolves around Homer Simpson's attempts to thwart a planned move by the team to Albuquerque.