The Harrisburg Senators are a minor league baseball team based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The team, which plays in the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals Harrisburg Senators Tickets. The Senators play in Commerce Bank Park, located on City Island in Harrisburg; originally opened in 1987 as Riverside Stadium, the stadium seats 6,360 fans. The "Senators" nickname refers to the host city being the capital and thus home of the Pennsylvania legislature. The team colors are red, navy blue, and gold, the same colors of the parent club, the Washington Nationals.
Harrisburg has won nine Eastern League titles and is the first team in league history to win four titles in a row: 1927, 1928, 1931, 1987, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999.
In mid 2005, Peter Angelos, owner of the Baltimore Orioles MLB franchise Harrisburg Senators Tickets, with the permission of the Double-A Eastern League and the Triple-A International League, struck a deal to move Baltimore's Triple-A affiliate from Ottawa to Harrisburg.
One Harrisburg Senators Tickets of the hangups with the agreement was that a buyer for the Double-A Senators franchise had to be found. The shake up in several minor league baseball markets since, has resulted in competition from other cities bidding for Triple-A teams like Ottawa. As of December 2005, the Ottawa team appears to be moving to Allentown, Pennsylvania Harrisburg Senators Tickets as the Triple-A team for the Philadelphia Phillies.