By Jacob Toepfer, Beloit College Roundtable – November 27, 2021
It is official ladies and gentlemen, the turtle is no longer in its shell. After originally starting out as the Beloit Brewers in their inaugural year back in 1994, they later changed their name to the Snappers. 27 years later, it was time for another change. For all of our zoologists out there, yes a turtle normally lives over 100 years. However, this turtle’s time was up.
Snappy was indeed beloved, but he is a relic of a city that has died and came back to life. Snappy was one of the last things surviving from the old Beloit. With the reconstruction of downtown, along with the newly built stadium, a change was needed.
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