The Chattanooga Lookouts had their five-game winning streak snapped Thursday night, Huntsville winning 4-2 before an AT&T Field crowd of 5,559.
It was the first game for the Lookouts since Wednesday’s announcement that the Los Angeles Dodgers, their parent club, are being taken over by Major League Baseball. Lookouts first baseman Scott Van Slyke said a lot of the Lookouts didn’t learn of the takeover until Thursday.
“It’s a big mess, but I don’t think it really affects us that much,” Van Slyke said. “It might in the future, but not right now. I don’t know. What are you supposed to say about that kind of thing, you know?”
Lookouts hitting coach Franklin Stubbs was the first baseman for the 1988 Dodgers, who won the franchise’s last World Series title. Stubbs declined comment on the takeover, and pitching coach Chuck Crim said the Class AA club really doesn’t know what’s going on.
“All we know is that we’re supposed to have new ownership,” Crim said. “We’re going to come out here and do our thing. We’re still the Los Angeles Dodgers, and we’re still proud of it.”