The Hartford Yard Goats Baseball Club introduces their two mascots, Chompers and Chew Chew, at an event at Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Conn., Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. The Goats are a Double-A minor league baseball team that will begin play in the Eastern League in 2016 when the New Britain Rock Cats relocate to Hartford. (Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A new minor league baseball team in Hartford, Connecticut, will have two mascots.
The Colorado Rockies Double-A affiliate the Hartford Yard Goats introduced Chompers and Chew Chew to the public Friday.
Chompers is a male green furry goat character with blue horns and a tuft of chin hair the team calls a goat-ee. Chew Chew is a female blue furry goat with green horns and pink lipstick.
Their names were selected from among 4,000 submissions in an online contest.
Chompers was submitted by 10-year-old Middlefield resident Lauren Konefal. Chew Chew was submitted by 10-year-old Farmington resident Jeffrey Boyleton. Lauren and Jeffrey won season tickets.
The team is moving to Hartford from New Britain, where it was known as the Rock Cats. It opens play in April in a new $56 million stadium.
Students at Capital Preparatory Magnet School reach out to touch Chew Chew, one of the two official mascots for the Hartford Yard Goats Baseball Club, at an event at the school in Hartford, Conn., Friday, Oct. 31, 2015. Chew Chew and Chompers were introduced at a rally in the school's gymnasium. The Goats are a Double-A minor league baseball team that will begin play in the Eastern League in 2016 when the New Britain Rock Cats relocate to Hartford. (Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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Chompers, one of the official mascots for the Hartford Yard Goats Baseball Club, hugs a cheerleader at an event at Capital Preparatory Magnet School in Hartford, Conn., Friday, Oct. 30, 2015, that introduced Chompers and Chew Chew (not shown). The Goats are a Double-A minor league baseball team that will begin play in the Eastern League in 2016 when the New Britain Rock Cats relocate to Hartford. (Cloe Poisson/Hartford Courant via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT
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