The Glens Falls Tigers (formerly the Glens Falls White Sox) were an

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minor league baseball team from

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that played in the Eastern League from 1980 until 1988, the team's ballpark was

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. The team was founded in 1980 as the Glens Falls White Sox, the Double-A affiliate of the

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. In 1986, the team affiliated with the Detroit Tigers and changed the team name to Glens Falls Tigers to reflect the new affiliation. After the 1988 season, the franchise moved to

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and became the

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in 1989. The franchise finally relocated to

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in 1994, Trenton Thunder Baseball are now members of the collegiate summer baseball

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