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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Most of our existence was as the affiliate of some very bad major league parents (Seattle, Pittsburgh and Florida)
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ummm. we were the affiliate of Seattle while many of the players who contributed heavily to the rise of the Mariners in the early-to-mid 90s.
Florida wasn't a bad major league parent to a AAA team at all. Remember that World Series they won in 2003 only having a low payroll? That was from having a stacked farm system due to strong scouting. While the Marlins affiliate, we saw guys like Ryan Dempster, Mike Lowell, Luis Castillo, AJ Burnett, Cliff Floyd, Kevin Millar and Brad Penny, who just recently was the NL Starter in the All-Star Game.