Fort Myers Miracle
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The Fort Myers Miracle are a minor league baseball team based in Fort Myers, Florida.
The team, which plays in the Florida State League, is the High-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins major-league club. Home games are played at Hammond Stadium, which has a capacity of 7,500. It opened in 1991. The park is also used as the Minnesota Twins spring training facility.
Musician Jimmy Buffett and actor Bill Murray have been part-owners of the team since 1989.
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The Miami Marlins were a professional Minor Leaue Baseball team, operating in the Class AAA International League from 1956-1960 (when the Syracuse Chiefs transferred there), and in the Class A Florida State League from 1962-1970 and again from 1982-1988. They were known as the Miami Orioles from 1971-1981 and are now known as the Fort Myers Miracle.
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