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Minor league baseball team
The
Glens Falls Redbirds
were a minor league baseball team that played in the
New York?Penn League
for the 1993 season only and played their home games at
East Field
located in
Glens Falls, New York
. The Redbirds were affiliated with the
St. Louis Cardinals
.
History
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The Redbirds were founded in 1981 as the
Erie Cardinals
which were also a Cardinals' affiliate which played at
Ainsworth Field
in
Erie, Pennsylvania
from 1981?1987. The Erie Cardinals were then relocated to
Hamilton, Ontario
to become the
Hamilton Redbirds
. The team remained as a Cardinals' affiliate.
The team then played at
Bernie Arbour Memorial Stadium
in the city of Hamilton from 1988?1992 and then relocated again to the city of Glens Falls, retaining the Redbirds name and Cardinals affiliation. The team relocated again to
Skylands Park
located in
Augusta, New Jersey
in
Sussex County
for the 1994 season to become the
New Jersey Cardinals
.
Today, the team is now known as the
State College Spikes
and are now playing at
Medlar Field at Lubrano Park
located in
University Park, Pennsylvania
, located right outside of
State College, Pennsylvania
.