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Old 01-30-2007, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Motor City Sonics
I would love to see the West Michigan team move to the AA league and then the Tigers get a low A team somewhere in Michigan like Ann Arbor or Saginaw or maybe even Windsor.
They would need a new ballpark. I wouldn't want to subject our AA players to that terrible hitting environment.

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Originally Posted by slim pickens
I know that they havent always belonged to the Tigers, what I was saying though, is this is all I have become to know as our affiliate, and would feel weird if they were no longer part of it.
I remember when Jacksonville was our AA affiliate. Erie was a huge upgrade in terms of facilities.
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