The Tri-City Dust Devils are a Minor League Baseball team based in Pasco, Washington.
Forced to vacate Portland with arrival of the AAA club, the franchise moved up the Columbia River to the Tri-Cities area.
[7] In 2022, the High-A West became known as the Northwest League, the name historically used by the regional circuit prior to the 2021 reorganization.
Prior to Ebert taking over as VP/GM in September 2009, Monica Ortega held the position from 2008 to 2009 as the only female general manager in the Northwest League.
From 1950 through 1974, home games were held at Sanders-Jacobs Field in Kennewick,[10][11] located at the northeast corner of Clearwater Avenue and Neel Street (46°12′47″N 119°10′08″W / 46.213°N 119.169°W / 46.213; -119.169).
They played their home games at Richland High School baseball field, adjacent to the Bomber Bowl football stadium.
[13] The team was bought by the Brett brothers in February 1986,[14] then sold that autumn to Diamond Sports, a group headed by the general manager, Mal Fichman.
[16] The Dust Devils, who had continued their relationship with the Colorado Rockies, originally intended to keep purple as their team color.
"If you drive through the Tri-Cities there three main things you’ll notice, it’s in the desert, so the sky is huge, it’s big sky country, and that’s obviously blue; the Columbia River is the main geographic feature, and that’s a deep, dark blue; and the hills are kind of a brown, khaki color.