<P> The Orlando Rays' last season at Tinker Field was 1999 . From 2000 to 2003, the Orlando Rays played in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, in Champion Stadium at Walt Disney World Resort . Despite the fact that the team played in a state - of - the - art stadium that was built in 1997 and used during spring training by the Atlanta Braves, attendance did not meet expectations; after trailing the Southern League in attendance in multiple years, the Rays' owners announced the team would move to Montgomery in 2004 (terminating their 10 - year lease with Disney after four seasons). </P> <P> While in Orlando, the franchise won three Southern League championships: in 1981 (as the Twins), 1991 (as the Sun Rays), and 1999 (as the Rays). </P> <P> The Biscuits became Montgomery's first Major League Baseball - affiliated team since 1980, when the Montgomery Rebels, a Detroit Tigers affiliate, played their final season in the Southern League at Montgomery's Paterson Field . The Biscuits' owners, Sherrie Myers and Tom Dickson, were selected from six different ownership groups during an extensive search for a public - private partner by the City of Montgomery . Myers and Dickson selected the team's nickname from over 4,000 entries in a "name the team" contest, due in part to tying into indigenous affiliation and potential marketing and pun possibilities (for example, "Hey, Butter, Butter, Butter" or the team's souvenir store, the "Biscuit Basket"). Several successful minor league teams have campy, quirky names to relate to families and kids . During games, biscuits are shot from an air cannon, into the stands . The official team colors are Butter and Blue . </P> <P> On September 15, 2006, in just their third year of existence, the Biscuits defeated the Huntsville Stars to win the team's first Southern League championship in Montgomery . One year later, in 2007, the Biscuits again defeated the Huntsville Stars to win their second consecutive Southern League championship . They became the first team since the 1975 to 1977 Montgomery Rebels to win back - to - back championships . </P>

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