New Orleans Zephyrs

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 was slated to participate in the 2001 championship series with Tacoma before the season was cancelled in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

The Zephyrs finished the 2005 season three days before Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, and though Zephyr Field sustained moderate damage the team was able to open 2006 at home, becoming the first New Orleans professional team to do so since the hurricane [http://www.zephyrsbaseball.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=355&Itemid=44 .

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