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In 1999, New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani announced a deal that would bring two minor-league teams to the outer boroughs of the city. New stadiums would be constructed for the Staten Island Yankees and an as-yet-unnamed team to play at Coney Island. A name-the-team contest was held, and the club became known as the Cyclones, named for the famous Cyclone roller coaster at a nearby amusement park.
The team that would make the move to Brooklyn was the St. Catharines, Ontario Stompers of the New York - Penn LeagueBaseball leagues The New York Penn League is a minor league baseball league which operates in the northeastern United States. It is classified as a "short-season Class A" league; its season starts in June, after major-league teams have signed their amateu. The club played its 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri season at St. John's University in Jamaica, in the boroughA borough is a political division originally used in England. The equivalent, burgh was used in Scotland. Bury often ends towns' names in the South of England, but borough more often in the Midlands. Bury is more common in America's New England — but burg of Queens, remaining a Toronto Blue JaysThe Toronto Blue Jays are a Major League Baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario, notable for being the first team from outside the United States to win the World Series. They are in the Eastern Division of the American League. They will soon be the only affiliate for one last season. The club was known as the "Queens Kings" that year.
By 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap, the new park was ready and all of Brooklyn was buzzing with excitement. There had been no professional baseball in the borough – indeed, no professional sports at all – since the Dodgers had left Ebbets Field in the Flatbush section for the sunny climes of California. The team proved so popular that additional seats were added to the ballpark about three weeks after opening day. They sold out in a hurry, too.
To top it all off, the Cyclones were a good team. They had the best record in the league at 52-24, and they defeated the Staten Island Yankees, 2 games to 1, in the opening playoff round. The championship series was against the Williamsport Crosscutters, and the Cyclones traveled to Bowman Field in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and won the series opener on September 9. The potential championship clincher was scheduled for September 11 in Brooklyn, but that morning the World Trade Center in Manhattan was destroyed in a terrorist attack and the league canceled the remainder of the series, leaving Brooklyn and Williamsport as co-champions.
Since then, the Cyclones have continually sold out KeySpan Park and remain a top tourist attraction. They lost the 2003 league championship to Williamsport, 2 games to 0.