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SAY IT AINT SO!!!!

Lothar52Lothar52 Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭
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sad day...today my columbus clippers...the AAA team i grew up with....the farm team for my beloved NY Yankees....LOST THEIR CONTRACT AND ARE NO LONGER THE AAA TEAM OF THE YANKS imageimageimage

THIS IS HORRIBLE......I dont know what to say........UGH

Loth

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  • gosteelersgosteelers Posts: 2,668 ✭✭✭
    Do you know where they moved to? We just lost our team (Phillies) to Allentown. The Clippers were one of the candidates to replace the Red Barons. Amazingly, I can't find anything relating to the Columbus move...
  • tkd7tkd7 Posts: 1,799 ✭✭
    Is this a new team for Allentown (PA)? I didn't realize they had minor league ball there. Another stop to make next year.
  • gosteelersgosteelers Posts: 2,668 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Is this a new team for Allentown (PA)? I didn't realize they had minor league ball there. Another stop to make next year. >>



    Scranton-Wilkes Barre lost the Phillies AAA team when the season ended last Saturday. I know they're moving to Allentown. Here's an article on the new stadium. The stadium won't be ready until 2008, but I'm assuming they will be playing somewhere in Allentown in '07.

    Phillies AAA Affiliate
  • NewJerseyMeatHookNewJerseyMeatHook Posts: 1,441
    Condolences.

    I still remember when NORM GREED moved the beloved Minnesota North Stars to Dallas.

    Probably one of the saddest days of my life.

    Hang in there.
  • AkbarCloneAkbarClone Posts: 2,476 ✭✭✭
    I spent summers back in the 1980's watching the Kinston Indians (A-ball)--use to have blast as Kinston was only about 25 minutes from my hometown and they had $1 beers and did not check IDs. A $2 nacho plate and about 6-7 beers provided for a great summer afternoon/evening. Where I live now, there are several minor league teams within a 40 minute drive, but I can't seem to get excited about these other teams.
    Do any of you guys collect minor league baseball cards? I started some player collections for players that went to my college and also my hometown college. I am still in the early stages of the collection, so I don't have a heck of a lot yet. It seems that most sellers of minor league cards sell them in team sets only, so I see a decent of number of team sets that have a player or two I want, but usually don't feel like buying 15-20 cards I don't need just to get 1-2 I do need. If any of you have a collection of cards from the teams you mentioned in the above posts, I would be interested in trading for or buying any cards you may have that I need. I have a small collection of minor league cards I could trade, but could also trade major league cards if you wanted. Please let me know if anyone has any to trade.
    Thanks,
    James
    I collect Vintage Cards, Commemorative Sets, and way too many vintage and modern player collections in Baseball (180 players), Football (175 players), and Basketball (87 players). Also have a Dallas Cowboy team collection.
  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,281 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>sad day...today my columbus clippers...the AAA team i grew up with....the farm team for my beloved NY Yankees....LOST THEIR CONTRACT AND ARE NO LONGER THE AAA TEAM OF THE YANKS imageimageimage

    THIS IS HORRIBLE......I dont know what to say........UGH

    Loth >>



    wow, the CLippers have been the Yanks AAA team for as long as I can remember. What the hell is going to happen when the media can't use the "Columbus Shuttle" term anymore ????

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  • softparadesoftparade Posts: 9,281 ✭✭✭✭✭
    NEW YORK -- The Yankees' 27-year affiliation with the Columbus Clippers appears to be coming to an end.
    According to a report in The Columbus Dispatch on Thursday, the Yankees will not renew their deal with the Clippers, who have served as New York's Triple-A affiliate since 1979.

    Yankees spokesman Ben Tuliebitz said that the team had no comment on the report, though a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed that the Yankees would be moving their Triple-A team out of Columbus in 2007.

    Columbus Baseball Team Inc., which has until Sept. 30 to sign with another big-league organization, is set to begin negotiations with available teams Saturday. According to the newspaper, the Mets, Nationals and Orioles are the only teams currently without Triple-A affiliates.

    "I can guarantee there will be baseball in Columbus next season," Clippers president Ken Schnacke told the Dispatch.

    The report indicated that Yankees general manager Brian Cashman is looking to move the Triple-A team closer to New York, with Scranton, Pa. -- which is approximately 120 miles west of New York City -- representing a possible destination.

    The Phillies' Triple-A team has been in Scranton since 1989, but the Dispatch reports that Philadelphia allowed its contract to lapse, opening the door for another team to move in.

    ISO 1978 Topps Baseball in NM-MT High Grade Raw 3, 100, 103, 302, 347, 376, 416, 466, 481, 487, 509, 534, 540, 554, 579, 580, 622, 642, 673, 724__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ISO 1978 O-Pee-Chee in NM-MT High Grade Raw12, 21, 29, 38, 49, 65, 69, 73, 74, 81, 95, 100, 104, 110, 115, 122, 132, 133, 135, 140, 142, 151, 153, 155, 160, 161, 167, 168, 172, 179, 181, 196, 200, 204, 210, 224, 231, 240

  • SoutherncardsSoutherncards Posts: 1,384 ✭✭
    It would be great if we could get the Yankee farm team of days gone by, the Richmond Virginians back to Richmond.........these Richmond Braves are horrible.
  • gosteelersgosteelers Posts: 2,668 ✭✭✭
    It's just been reported on the local news here that the Yankees AAA affiliate will be coming to Scranton-Wilkes Barre! The formal announcement to come Monday...
  • Stone193Stone193 Posts: 24,439 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>SAY IT AINT SO!!!! >>


    Ryan

    I thought this was gonna be about the closing of the open forum!

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    Mike
  • madGreekmadGreek Posts: 36
    We only have rookie ball here appy league. Kingsport braves/Mets. murphy,straw,gooden,done,jefferies. games I remember big stars are (josh hamiliton at the time) david wright, manny ramirez (bluefield), joe mauer (elizabethton) many others not quite aaa but fun. and the Rocket came to see his son last year. It would stink if we lost our rookie ball team let alone prime time aaa. Sorry man. hope you get another one soon.
    Jose Canseco 100 count of donruss rc's wanted for 100 bucks.
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