With all the movement of Dodger minor league teams and spring training facilities, you might wonder if the Jacksonville Suns might wind up become the Palm Desert Suns in the next couple of years. According to this article in the Jacksonville Times-Union, however, there’s nothing to worry about for now.
Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti said the franchise is “very happy” with its team in Jacksonville and fully expects the Suns to remain a Dodgers affiliate long past the organization’s expected transition to Glendale, Ariz., takes place after 2008.
“It’s a great facility, a great place to play,” Colletti said. “I don’t see that changing at all. We’re expecting to be there for awhile.”
The Dodgers’ ties to Jacksonville go as far back as 1907, when they held spring training on the First Coast until 1909. After returning from 1919 to 1920, then once more in 1922, pro baseball in Jacksonville went through several affiliations until rejoining the Dodgers in 2001.
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