New Orleans Zephyrs
Encyclopedia : N : NE : NEW : New Orleans Zephyrs
| Washington Nationals |
| National League |
| AAA |
| New Orleans Zephyrs |
| AA |
| Harrisburg Senators |
| A |
| Potomac Nationals Savannah Sand Gnats Vermont Lake Monsters |
| R |
| Gulf Coast Nationals |
The New Orleans Zephyrs are a minor league baseball team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Zephyrs play in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League and are affiliated with the Washington Nationals, since 2005; the other parent clubs since the franchise arrived in New Orleans were the Astros and the Brewers. The Zephyrs play in Zephyr Field, located in the New Orleans suburb of Metairie.
The Zephyrs arrived in New Orleans in 1993, having been forced out of their previous home, Denver, by the expansion Colorado Rockies of the National League. This was the second time the team had been pushed out by a major league team. When the Philadelphia A's moved to Kansas City in 1955, the Yankees' AAA club, the Kansas City Blues, became the Denver Bears. The Bears later changed their nickname to the Zephyrs.
The Zephyrs won the 1998 Pacific Coast League championship and were slated to participate in the 2001 championship series with Tacoma before the season was cancelled in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. In 1998, the Zephyrs defeated the Buffalo Bison 3-1 to capture the AAA World Series. The series, held from from 1998-2000, matched champions of the International League and the Pacific Coast League in a best-of-five series to determine the true Triple-A Champion. To date, the Zephyrs are the only professional sports franchise in Louisiana to win a championship.
The Zephyrs finished the 2005 season three days before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, and though Zephyr Field sustained moderate damage [link], the team was able to open 2006 at home, becoming the first New Orleans professional team to do so since the hurricane [link].
External link
| Pacific Coast League | ||
| American Conference North | Pacific Conference North | |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa Cubs | Memphis Redbirds | Nashville Sounds | Omaha Royals | Colorado Springs Sky Sox | Portland Beavers | Salt Lake Bees | Tacoma Rainiers | |
| American Conference South | Pacific Conference South | |
| Albuquerque Isotopes | New Orleans Zephyrs | Oklahoma RedHawks | Round Rock Express | Fresno Grizzlies | Las Vegas 51s | Sacramento River Cats | Tucson Sidewinders | |
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.