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Re: [IRCA] 2006 Minor League Baseball Flagships - Pacific CoastLeague(AAA)
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] 2006 Minor League Baseball Flagships - Pacific CoastLeague(AAA)
- From: "Scott Fybush" <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 06:01:03 -0400 (EDT)
>> New Orleans Zephyrs 690-WIST-New Orleans LA
>>
>> Is this team actually playing in New Orleans? Or have they temporarily
>> re-located post-Katrina, like the Saints and Hornets?
>
> Wonder why they use the name Zephyr? The Zephyer was a train on the old
> Texas and Pacific lines.
IIRC, the team used to be the Denver Zephyrs, and the name came from the
winds that blow across the plains there. They moved to New Orleans when
Denver went major league with the Rockies a decade or so ago...
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