The Baton Rouge Blue Marlins, located in

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and managed by Scott Bethea, were a professional baseball team in the All-American Association. Both the team and the league existed for only one season, 2001. They played their home games at

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. Their record was 44–28 in the regular season, and in the playoffs they beat the Albany Alligators in the semi-finals and the

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in the championship three games to two.https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=11809 Baseball-Reference.com Bethea, who also played for the team, was named the league's manager of the year. Their attendance of 16,616 was fifth in the six team league. 2001 Baton Rouge Blue Marlins

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