The team is in last place in its division of short-season Class A ball, which is near the bottom level of the minor leagues.

Mr. Golden has long argued that Brooklyn can support, and deserves, more than a short-season Class A team, the lowest rung of professional baseball.

After being evaluated at an umpires' camp, he was assigned to the short-season Class A New-York-Penn League.

They are a short-season Class A team in the Northwest League, and have been a farm team of the San Diego Padres since 2001.

And he did, going 3-1 with a 1.69 earned run average for Seattle's short-season Class A affiliate and earning the organization's pitcher of the year award.

The following season, a second incarnation of the Canadians began playing in the short-season Class A Northwest League.

Anderson had once closed a playoff game for the short-season Class A Staten Island Yankees, throwing 96 miles an hour instead of his usual 91-92.

Eugene is also home to the Eugene Emeralds, a short-season Class A minor-league baseball team.

The Cyclones, the Mets' affiliate in Coney Island, set the short-season Class A attendance record last year with 289,381.

The team drew 317,124 fans last season, breaking 300,000 for the first time in short-season Class A history, and shattering its record of 289,381 set in 2001.