American Association

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Chapters: American Association ballparks, American Association managers, American Association teams, St. Paul Saints, El Paso Diablos, Gary SouthShore RailCats, Kansas City T-Bones, Winnipeg Goldeyes, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks, Fort Worth Cats, Shreveport-Bossier Captains, U.S. Steel Yard, Sioux Falls Fighting Pheasants, LaGrave Field, CommunityAmerica Ballpark, Pete Incaviglia, Amarillo National Bank Sox Stadium, American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, Lincoln Saltdogs, Midway Stadium, Grand Prairie AirHogs, Kevin Hooper, QuikTrip Park, Greg Tagert, Shaw Park, Haymarket Park, Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, Amarillo Sox, Butch Henry, Newman Outdoor Field, Sioux City Explorers, Cohen Stadium, George Tsamis, Fair Grounds Field, Wichita Wingnuts, Steve Shirley, Lewis and Clark Park, Sioux Falls Stadium. Excerpt: The St. Paul Saints are a professional baseball team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in the United States. The Saints are a member of the North Division of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. The Saints have played their home games at Midway Stadium since 1993, when the modern-day team started as a member of the Northern League. In 2006 the team was a founding member of the modern American Association. Before the arrival of the Minnesota Twins in 1961, there was a long history of minor-league baseball teams called the St. Paul Saints, as well as their crosstown rivals the Minneapolis Millers. One incarnation of the Saints participated in the Union Association, a short-lived major league, in 1884. A second incarnation was active in the Western League from 1894 to 1899, and became a forerunner of the modern Chicago White Sox. The third and most long-lived incarnation of the Saints was active in the American Association from 1915 to 1960, until it and the Millers were folded upon the arrival of the Twins. The current inception of the St. Paul Saints was formed in 1993 in the Northern League, one of several independent leagues not affiliated with Major League Baseball. The Saints are known for promotions that are sometimes over-the-top even by the standards of minor league baseball. In this regard, Mike Veeck, formerly the team's principal owner and still owner of a large interest in the team, is seen as following in the footsteps of his father Bill Veeck, who was famous for conceiving outlandish promotions as an owner of the Major League teams the St. Louis Browns, Cleveland Indians, and Chicago White Sox. The current majority owner, Marvin Goldklang, also owns a stake in four other minor league baseball teams: the Fort Myers Miracle, Sioux Falls Pheasants, Hudson Valley Renegades, and Charleston RiverDogs. Comedian and actor Bill Murray is also a part owner. Despite the considerable naysayi