In 1913, another public referendum in the two cities established what the Post Office already knew, that Winston-Salem should be united as one. The two existed separately for decades-including for more than 30 years after a failed referendum to unite the cities in 1879-until the US Post Office, always the forward-thinking fashion-maker, established a post office in 1899 that referred to the towns as the unified name of Winston-Salem. About a century later, the town of nearby Winston was established. The town of Salem in what would become North Carolina was settled and established by members of the Moravian Church in the mid-1700s. Billy Prim and his staff have been more than welcoming, and I am excited to bring the Dash to new levels as part of this great community,” said DeAngelis.I’ve discovered a lot of unique team name origins in the course of writing this Story Behind the Nickname series, but just when I had given up my dream of finding a team that combined two of my passions, baseball and punctuation, I stumble across the Winston-Salem Dash. “I am extremely grateful to serve Winston-Salem as the Dash’s new President and General Manager. DeAngelis was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2020 and has since been a driving force in the oversight of all aspects of the IronPigs front office. He delivered again, leading the team to an all-time franchise revenue record in just one year. In 2019, the IronPigs promoted DeAngelis to Vice President of Sales. DeAngelis helped the IronPigs secure the 2019 Larry MacPhail Award, which recognizes the team with the best promotional effort in all of Minor League Baseball. While spearheading the team’s ticket department, he broke nearly every ticket revenue record in team history and once again raised season and group ticket sales each year. In 2016, DeAngelis earned the role of Vice President of Ticket Sales for the Lehigh Valley IronPigs, Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. From 2013 to 2016, DeAngelis increased total ticket and sponsorship revenue for three consecutive years and broke the team’s single game attendance record on five separate occasions. ![]() His efforts in Aberdeen impressed the State College Spikes, who hired DeAngelis as their Director of Sales. “I am very excited to announce the appointment of Brian DeAngelis as the President/GM of the Winston-Salem Dash. Brian’s leadership skills and overall MiLB franchise knowledge will be a significant benefit to our team,” said Billy Prim, managing partner of the Dash ownership group.ĭeAngelis began his career in MiLB with the Aberdeen IronBirds from 2011 to 2013. DeAngelis, a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has guided teams to industry-leading results over the course of several years in leadership roles around Minor League Baseball.īrian DeAngelis, incoming President & General Manager of the Winston-Salem Dash The Winston-Salem Dash announced that Brian DeAngelis will serve as the organization’s next President and General Manager. Minor League Baseball record-breaker Brian DeAngelis brings wealth of experience to Winston-Salem
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