Ottawa Titans

After the 2019 season, the Can-Am League merged with the Frontier League and five of the six teams remaining in it joined the latter league. The Champions were not invited to take part, but it was not immediately clear if they would fold or go on hiatus as owner Miles Wolff, the former Can-Am League commissioner, looked to sell the team. He could not find a buyer, however, and the team folded operations. Eventually, the Frontier League decided to expand to Ottawa anyway, announcing in September 2020 that the league would be granting a franchise to a group led by Sam Katz, the former mayor of Winnipeg and owner of the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, and Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, who owns the Ottawa 67’s junior hockey team and the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League; the league considers this to be an expansion team and not to have any connection to the Champions.[1][2][3]

On October 6, 2020, Ottawa announced Steve Brook as the team's inaugural manager. Brook previously managed the River City Rascals in the Frontier League from 2010 to 2019. He led the Rascals to a 488–373 record over his nine seasons at the helm including the 2010 and 2019 championships.[4] In December 2020, Ottawa announced the team name as Ottawa Titans a result of a name-the-team contest,[4][5] and the team colours in the tradition of Ottawa sports franchises such as the Ottawa Redblacks, Ottawa 67's, and Ottawa Senators.[5]

On April 22, 2021, the Frontier League announced that Ottawa (along with the Trois-Rivières Aigles) would not compete in the 2021 season due to the prolonged closure of the Canada–United States border as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Ottawa. Canadian players signed by the Titans and the Aigles had the opportunity to join the Québec Capitales, who started the season as a travelling team, known as Équipe Québec (playing exclusively in the U.S.). While non-Canadian players signed by the Titans and the Aigles were subject to a dispersal draft among the 13 U.S.–based teams. They started the season as a traveling team, and as of July 30, 2021, they have played a total of 21 home games including 10 at Stade Canac, and 11 at Stade Quillorama. On July 30, Équipe Québec hosted the New York Boulders at Stade Canac and won the game 10-8 in front of a full house of 2,800 spectators, the maximum number allowed during sanitary measures. The Titans intended on returning to competition for their inaugural season in 2022.[6]

In October 2021, Bobby Brown was hired as the Titans manager for the 2022 season, after Steve Brook, on a one-year contract, became the Gateway Grizzlies manager.[7] The Titans played their first home game on May 24, 2022, against the Evansville Otters in front of a crowd of 3,458.[8] On June 11, 2022, outfielder Jacob Sanford tied the Frontier League record with 10 RBI in a single game in a 13–0 victory over the Empire State Greys.[9] On September 3, 2022, the Titans clinched their playoff spot for the first time in franchise history.[10] In the wild card game, the Titans defeated the New York Boulders 8-2 to advance to the divisional round against their rival Québec Capitales. However, they lost to the Capitales 2 games to 1 in the divisional round. [11] In their first season in Ottawa, The Titans averaged 1,211 fans per game for a total of 61,727 in 51 home games.

In the 2023 season, the Titans were unable to repeat their stellar first season as they missed the playoffs for the first time in franchise history.

A shot of the Ottawa Stadium

Since 2022, the Titans play their home games at the 10,332-seat Ottawa Stadium just east of downtown Ottawa.[14] Ottawa Stadium has a pedestrian bridge to get to the ballpark using OC Transpo's light rail system. The pedestrian bridge crosses over Highway 417 to connect the ballpark to the Transit Way and is named in honour of the late Canadian broadcaster Max Keeping.

Titans games can be heard on CKDJ-FM in english and UNIK-FM, and all season games are available via the FloSports website. The play-by-play broadcasters are Davide Disipio in english, and Mikael Lafleur in french. At many home games, the fans are entertained both outside and inside Ottawa Stadium with myriad entertainers – live music, giveaways and promotions. Between innings, the entertainment varies with on-field contests with their mascot Cappy, youth games, t-shirt giveaways, promotions and many more.

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