WORCESTER, Mass. - The Worcester Bravehearts will celebrate history on Friday night at Fitton Field, the Bravehearts are in their 12th season, which makes them the longest running sports franchise in Worcester history, breaking the record the IceCats held previously.  The team only had 2 practices before kicking off the season, the players and coaches are building chemistry and like this years group.  "This is always a very exciting time of year,"  said Manager Luke Beckstein, "as everyone's meeting each other, a lot of new faces, obviously it's my first year here, so just being a part of Worcester it's been awesome.  A lot of these guys come from a lot of different schools so whether they've played against each other or with each other growing up, it's just a cool environment getting out in front of new faces."

"Over the first two nights here I would say the team. is looking good,"  said Pitcher, Josh Fischer, "We're definitely making a lot of commtiments to a lot of these guys, there's a lot of potential for htis team to make a good run."

The Bravehearts will celebrate being the longest running sports franchise in Worcester history on Friday night, first pitch is set for 6:30, the first 500 people throught the gates will get T-shirts commemorating the record breaking evening.