West Tenn Diamond Jaxx
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| West Tenn Diamond Jaxx | ||
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| League | Southern League | |
| Division | North Division | |
| Year founded | 1998 | |
| Major League affiliation | Seattle Mariners | |
| Home ballpark | Pringles Park | |
| Previous home ballparks | None | |
| City | Jackson, Tennessee | |
| Current uniform colors | Black, Green | |
| Previous uniform colors | None | |
| Logo design | A realistically colored baseball diamond with the "Jaxx" wordmark superimposed over it in white with silver shadowing. Centered above the wordmark is a miner wearing a hardhat holding a diamond and a baseball bat. | |
| Division titles | 3 (1999, 2000, 2005) | |
| League titles | 2000 | |
| Manager | Eddie Rodriquez | |
| Owner | Lozinak Baseball Properties | |
The West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx are a minor league baseball team based in Jackson, Tennessee. It is the Class AA affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, and plays in the Southern League.
The Diamond Jaxx play in Pringles Park, a 6,000-capacity facility that opened in 1998. The Diamond Jaxx have had marginal success in their history with only one Southern League Championship in 2000. In 1999, the Jaxx played in the Southern League Championship, but were defeated three-games-to-one by the Orlando Rays. It was the same story when the Jaxx got into the Southern League Divisional Series and was defeated three-games-to-two by the Birmingham Barons. Following two, decent years record wise, they had their best regular season record in 2005 but ultimately fell short of a second championship in game 4 of the championship series to the Jacksonville Suns. Though the team considered a move to South Carolina after the 2005 season, citing financial problems, they recently signed a three-year lease to play at Pringles Park through the 2008 season.
[edit] Trivia
The Jaxx hosted one Southern League All-Star game, 1999.
The Jaxx best year record wise was 2005, 83-56, their worst was 2001, 59-80.
The Jaxx were the AA affiliate of the Chicago Cubs from 1998-2006.
[edit] Former Standouts
Kyle Farnsworth, 1998
Julio Zuleta, 1999
Hee Seop Choi, 2000
Eric Hinske, 2000
Corey Patterson, 2000
Carlos Zambrano, 2000
Juan Cruz, 2001
Bobby Hill, 2001
Mark Prior, 2002
Jason Dubois, 2002
Sergio Mitre, 2003
Rich Hill, 2005
Sean Marshall, 2005
Matt Murton, 2005
Felix Pie, 2005
Ryan Theriot, 2005
Eric Patterson, 2006
[edit] External link
| Southern League | ||
| Northern Division | Southern Division | |
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| Carolina Mudcats | Chattanooga Lookouts | Huntsville Stars | Tennessee Smokies | West Tenn Diamond Jaxx | Birmingham Barons | Jacksonville Suns | Mississippi Braves | Mobile BayBears | Montgomery Biscuits | |
| Seattle Mariners Franchise | |||
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| AAA | AA | A | Rookie |
| Tacoma Rainiers | West Tenn Diamond Jaxx |
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