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Rockford's new team introduces Rivets nickname

LOVES PARK, Ill. - Rockford's new baseball club has an answer to the oft-asked question of the team nickname - it's the Rivets. Rockford Baseball Properties, which owns and operates the Northwoods League franchise, unveiled the name Thursday at the Women of Today's Manufacturing scholarship fundraiser at the Maun-Nah-Tee-See Club. Rockford, once known as the Screw Capital of the World, at its peak produced thousands of r... Full Story