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The Columbus Clippers are a minor league baseball team based in Columbus, Ohio. The team plays in the International League and is the Triple-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians. The team is owned by the government of Franklin County, Ohio. From to , the Clippers played in Cooper Stadium, which was known as Franklin County Stadium until 1984. The final game at "The Coop" was played on September 1, 2008 in front of a sellout crowd of 16,777. It was the third largest audience in stadium history. In 2009, the Clippers began playing in Huntington Park, located at the corner of Neil Ave. and Nationwide Blvd. in the Arena District of Columbus. The Clippers began play in as an affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, changing its affiliation to the New York Yankees in , beginning a 28-year relationship that ended in . An affiliation with the Washington Nationals lasted from to . A four-year affiliation with the Cleveland Indians was announced on September 18, 2008. In September 2010 that working agreement with the Indians was extended through 2014. The agreement has since been extended through the 2016 season. Columbus defeated the Tacoma Rainiers 12–6 on September 21, 2010, to win the Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game. On September 16, 2011, the team won back-to-back Governors' Cup championships for the first time since 1992 by defeating the Lehigh Valley IronPigs 3 games to 1 in the best-of-five series. On September 20, 2011 the Clippers defeated the Omaha Storm Chasers in the Triple-A Baseball National Championship Game to win their second consecutive AAA baseball title. In 2012, Forbes ranked the Clippers as the 4th most valuable franchise in Minor League Baseball.〔("How Billionaires Like Warren Buffett Profit From Minor League Baseball Ownership " ) Forbes. Retrieved on 6 June 2012.〕 ==Championships== The Clippers have won the Governors' Cup, the International League championship, 10 times, and played in the championship series 13 times. * – Defeated Syracuse * – Defeated Toledo * – Defeated Richmond * – Lost to Tidewater * – Defeated Tidewater * – Lost to Rochester * – Defeated Pawtucket * – Defeated Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons * – Defeated Rochester * – Lost to Rochester * – Defeated Durham * – Defeated Lehigh Valley * – Defeated Indianapolis 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Columbus Clippers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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