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The Indianapolis Indians are a minor league baseball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The team, which plays in the International League, is the Triple-A affiliate Indianapolis Indians Tickets of the Pittsburgh Pirates major-league club. The Indians play at Victory Field, located in downtown Indianapolis.

The Indians had been affiliated with several Major League clubs over the years including Cincinnati (1939-41, 1961), Boston Braves (1946-47), Pittsburgh (1948-1951), Cleveland Indianapolis Indians Tickets (1952-1956), Philadelphia (1960) and the Chicago White Sox (1962-67). Beginning in 1968 they had a working agreement with the Cincinnati Reds that lasted Indianapolis Indians Tickets through 1983. In addition to four first-place finishes and one playoff championship in that time period, Indianapolis fans saw numerous members of "The Big Red Machine" come through town. Players like Pedro Borbon, Bernie Carbo, Dave Concepcion, Dan Driessen, George Foster, Ken Griffey, Ray Knight and Hal McRae all donned Tribe uniforms.

The most glorious run in team history came in the 1980s when the team affiliated with the Montreal Expos. In a nine-year period (1984-1992), the Indians won four division title and four straight playoff championships (1986-1989). Players like Delino DeShields, Andres Galarraga, Marquis Grissom, Randy Johnson and Larry Walker guided the team to those triumphs.

The Indians affiliated again with Cincinnati from 1993-1999. Indianapolis Indians Tickets That relationship led to two more pennants and a league championship (1994). In 1998, Triple-A baseball expanded to 30 teams. In the process the teams consolidated to two leagues, and the Indians again joined the International League. The Indians became the top affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2000. The agreement led to immediate dividends as the Tribe raced Indianapolis Indians Tickets to a league championship, and then went on to Las Vegas and won the Triple-A World Series.

Perhaps the most significant change in Indians history came in 1996 when the team moved downtown to a new ballpark. Taking a name from the past, Victory Field, an $18 million project on the west side of downtown and part of White River State Park, opened on July 11, 1996 as the Tribe hosted Oklahoma City. The open-air facility features 13,500 permanent seats and a lawn berm around the outfield which can seat up to 2,000 additional fans. The park Indianapolis Indians Tickets also features 29 luxury suites. The ballpark was designed by the same architectural firm that designed Baltimore's Camden Yards and Cleveland's Jacob's Field.

The opening of Victory Field took the Indianapolis Indians to a new level. Attendance nearly doubled with more than 600,000 fans coming to the ballpark in each of the first five full seasons. In January 1999, Baseball America dubbed Victory Field 'the best minor league ballpark in America." Those accolades were reinforced in 2001 by Sports Illustrated and minorleaguenews.com.

The national commendations and record attendance marks earned the Indians a share of the national spotlight. On July 11, 2001 representatives from all 30 Triple-A teams came to Indianapolis, and a national tv audience watched on ESPN2, as the Triple-A All-Star Game was played in front of a sellout crowd of 15,868.

The Indians have provided affordable, Indianapolis Indians Tickets family fun for over 100 years to the citizens of central Indiana. In that time, nine players enjoyed enough success at the Major League level to warrant induction into baseball's Hall of Fame. Those players are: Grover Cleveland Alexander, Luke Appling, Charles Hartnett, Harmon Killebrew, Napoleon Lajoie, Al Lopez, Rube Marquard, Joseph McCarthy, Bill McKechnie, Indianapolis Indians Tickets Raymond Schalk and Bob Uecker.