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Tidewater Tides
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Norfolk Tides.
Originally known as the Portsmouth-Norfolk Tides, the team began play in 1961 as members of the Class ASouth Atlantic League. In 1963, they joined the Class ACarolina League and became known as the Tidewater Tides, taking their geographic identifier from the Tidewater region. The Tides were replaced by a Triple-A International League team in 1969. The Triple-A Tides carried on the history of the Class A team that preceded them. The club rebranded as the Norfolk Tides in 1993. In conjunction with Major League Baseball's reorganization of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Tides were placed in the Triple-A East, which was renamed the International League in 2022.