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Local group seeking return of minor league baseball to New Orleans

Making the case for renovating Zephyr Field for baseball again
It is an unsettling sight.
view moreRenovate The Shrine on Airline to bring back minor league baseball
It still pains me to drive by Zephyr Field and see an empty ballpark.
view moreFlashback: Former Pelicans catcher Fats Dantonio, New Orleans baseball institution
New Orleans is the birthplace of Fats Dantonio, as well as Fats Domino. Except Dantonio wasn’t a musician.
view moreFormer Baby Cakes pitcher Brian Moran has historic family matchup in MLB debut
Major-league debuts are always memorable events for a rookie, but when a rookie plays against his brother in one, there’s extra drama.
view moreRemembering old Pelicans Stadium
Les East’s in-depth article on the end of the Triple-A baseball era in New Orleans brought back many memories but what really captured me where thoughts of the old Pelican Stadium on the corner of Tulane and Carrollton Avenue.
view moreMinor league baseball is gone, but won’t be forgotten in Jefferson Parish
Minor league baseball is defined by its transitory nature but much more so for the players and coaches, not the franchises themselves in the upper minors.
view moreBaby Cakes win opener of final series, 6-1, at Oklahoma City
Magneuris Sierra reached base four times, stole four bases, scored a run and drove in a run for New Orleans.
view moreBaby Cakes fall in home finale to Redbirds, 8-5
Ramon Urias broke a ninth-inning tie with a two-run homer in the top of the ninth, powering the Memphis Redbirds to an 8-5 win over the New Orleans Baby Cakes on Thursday night.
view moreRedbirds roll past Baby Cakes behind seven-run seventh
The Memphis Redbirds scored seven runs in the seventh inning to pull away from the New Orleans Baby Cakes, 11-3 on Wednesday night.
view moreBaby Cakes, Redbirds split doubleheader with pair of one-run games
The New Orleans Baby Cakes dropped the opener of Tuesday’s doubleheader against the Memphis Redbirds, 3-2, before rallying to win the nightcap in a walk-off, 5-4.
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