Bridgeport Bluefish
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| League | Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (Liberty Division) | ||||
| Location | Bridgeport, Connecticut | ||||
| Ballpark | The Ballpark at Harbor Yard | ||||
| Year founded | 1997 | ||||
| Nickname(s) | Park City Blues, Park City Nine, The Fish, Magic City | ||||
| League championships | 1 (1999) | ||||
| Division championships | 5 (1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2010) | ||||
| Colors |
Navy blue, teal, silver, white |
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| Retired numbers | 42, 21, 1, 19 | ||||
| Ownership | Frank Boulton | ||||
| General Manager | Paul Herrmann | ||||
| Media | Connecticut Post | ||||
| Website | bridgeportbluefish |
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Navy blue, teal, silver, white
The Bridgeport Bluefish is an American professional baseball team based in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The team is a member of the Liberty Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. They play their home games at The Ballpark at Harbor Yard.
The game of baseball was first played in Bridgeport, Connecticut soon after the Civil War ended. Teams that called the city home included the Victors, Soubrettes, Orators, Crossmen, Mechanics, Hustlers, Bolts, Americans, Bees and the Bears. Bridgeport was the home of Major Leaguer James "Orator" O'Rourke, who signed the first African-American to play for a professional baseball team in 1895. Visiting Major League and Negro League teams often played exhibition games in the shadow of the Bridgeport's smokestacks. The last affiliated minor league baseball team, the Bridgeport Bees, played in the Interstate League and the Colonial League from 1941 to 1950. Professional baseball would not be played in Bridgeport for about another half-century, until the arrival of the Bluefish in 1998.
The first game of the Bridgeport Bluefish was May 21, 1998, and the team has had many winning seasons. The team has been to five Atlantic League Championship Series, and won in 1999 versus the Somerset Patriots. They lost to Atlantic City (1998), Newark (2002) Lancaster (2006) and to York (2010).
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