Altoona Curve

Altoona Curve is an American baseball team from Altoona, Pennsylvania. They are one associated with the Pittsburgh Pirates AA minor league team and play since its establishment in the Western Division of the Eastern League. Their home ground is the regular 7210 -seat Blair County Ballpark.

History

With the expansion of the Major Leagues by two teams ( the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Tampa Bay Rays ) in 1998, there were also changes in the lower leagues. The Eastern League was expanded by two teams, with a place were the already established Erie SeaWolves. The second franchise went to Altoona, the team received after a landmark of the region, the Horseshoe Curve, and based on the curveball the name " Altoona Curve ".

The first season the team played in 1999, the play-off the Curves made ​​it for the first time in 2003. Following year, the team reached the finals of the Eastern League, where they lost to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. By 2010, the period from 2003 was - 2006 with four playoff appearances in a row, the most successful period for Altoona.

2010 won the Altoona Curve by a 3-1 win against Trenton Thunder for the first time the Eastern League.