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The Memphis Redbirds are the Triple-A minor league baseball affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. They play their home games at AutoZone Park in downtown Memphis, Tennessee. The stadium's capacity is 10,000. They entered the Pacific Coast League (PCL) as an expansion team in 1998, and were owned as a non-profit community entity until being acquired by the Cardinals organization in November 2013. The Redbirds had been previously operated by Global Spectrum, a Comcast-owned company. The purchase was completed on March 24, 2014. The club operates a number of programs in the community. The Memphis Redbirds Foundation is a non-profit program that uses its funds to enable children to participate in sports across the Memphis area. The Reviving Baseball in Inner Cities program is an instructional baseball and softball summer program for boys and girls ages 6 to 15. Since the team's inception in 1998, the Redbirds have made it to the PCL playoffs on four occasions and won league championships in 2000 and 2009. Long-time manager Chris Maloney left the team to become the first-base coach of the parent club, the St. Louis Cardinals, after the 2011 season.〔(Cards retain Duncan, McGwire, Oquendo: Aldrete takes over as bench coach, Maloney new first-base coach ), MLB.com (Nov. 16, 2011)〕 His replacement was Ron "Pop" Warner, who was promoted from manager of the Springfield Cardinals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ron 'Pop' Warner named Redbirds manager )〕 According to ''Forbes'', the Redbirds were tied as the eighth-most valuable minor league franchise in 2013. The team's net worth was estimated at $29 million, with $9.5 million in annual revenue and $1 million in operating loss. == Season-by-season results == (詳細はウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Memphis Redbirds」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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