The Jersey City A's were a minor league baseball team based in

Jersey City, New Jersey Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.Eastern League Eastern League may refer to: Baseball in the United States ''Most recent leagues listed first'' * Eastern League (1938–present), a minor league established in 1923 and renamed Eastern League in 1938, at the Double-A level * Eastern League (1916� ...

for the 1978 season and was the AA affiliate of the

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History

The team changed their name from the

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after being affiliated with the

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the previous year. After the team's home,

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, suffered damage in a winter storm (two light stanchions were toppled and not repaired), the team moved to

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for the 1979 season and became the

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. This marked the end of professional baseball in Jersey City, with the stadium being torn down in 1985 for residential development. One notable player on the 1978 A's team was

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member

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. Henderson reportedly called the stadium "a dump" and that "it should have been blown up" (it would indeed be demolished a few years later). The team's franchise was acquired in 1979 and used to revive the

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, a team from the early days of baseball had sat dormant for the previous nine years.

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* Mike Norris RHP *

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2B *

LF * Rick Lysander RHP

References

The Hudson Reporter: Jersey City's Baseball History
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