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The league collapsed soon afterwards, when the northern teams claimed that it was too onerous to travel to the south, and formed the International Association. Teams and league names came and went over the years. In 1954 , a franchise was awarded to Havana, Cuba , but it had to be moved in the middle of the 1960 season because of political upheaval in that country. It was moved to Jersey City, New Jersey . Another foray into the Caribbean failed when the newly-created team in San Juan, Puerto Rico , added in 1961 , had to be moved to Charleston, West Virginia in mid-season. In 1971 , an International League all-star team beat the New York Yankees in an exhibition game in Rochester, New York , before 11,000 people. In 1984 , the all-stars lost to the Cleveland Indians in 11 innings before 11,032 fans in Columbus, Ohio to commemorate the league's 100th Anniversary. In 1988 , the International League and the American Association , another Triple-A league which operated in the Midwest, voted to play interleague games. The league also split into two divisions in the same year. The interleague concept ended in 1992 , but the two league divisions remained. In 1998 , with the addition of four new teams from the disbanded American Association, the league reorganized into three divisions, the North Division, '''South Division''', and '''West Division'''. At the end of each season, the three divisional leaders and a Wild Card team square-off in Best-of-5 Playoffs , with the winning team of the finals awarded the Governors' Cup, the league's championship trophy. CURRENT MEMBER TEAMS ''(2006 MLB affiliates in parentheses)'' North Division
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West Division SEE ALSO
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