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Richmond Flying Squirrels Founded in 1972 Richmond, Virginia |
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| Current | Double-A (1972–present) | ||||
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| League | Eastern League (1983–present) | ||||
| Division | Western Division | ||||
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| Current | San Francisco Giants (2003–present) | ||||
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| Mascot | Nutsy | ||||
| Ballpark | The Diamond (2010–present) | ||||
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Lou DiBella | ||||
| Manager | Miguel Ojeda | ||||
| General Manager | Todd Parnell | ||||
The Richmond Flying Squirrels are a minor league baseball team based in Richmond, Virginia. The team, which is a part of the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants major league club, and plays at The Diamond. The Squirrels were previously known as the Connecticut Defenders.
The Flying Squirrels mark affiliated baseball's return to Richmond after a one-year absence prompted by the relocation of the former Triple-A International League's Richmond Braves to Lawrenceville, Georgia in 2009, where they are now called the Gwinnett Braves.
The Flying Squirrels began in 1972 as the West Haven Yankees, a farm club of the New York Yankees playing games at both Quigley Stadium and Yale Field in West Haven, Connecticut. They switched affiliations in 1980 to the Oakland Athletics and became the West Haven Whitecaps for one season before becoming the West Haven A's. In 1983, the team became the Albany A's when they moved to the Capital District of New York, playing at Heritage Park in Colonie. In 1985, the Yankees again became the team's parent club, replacing the A's, and prompting the minor-league team to become the Albany-Colonie Yankees, which they would remain until 1994.
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