The West Haven Yankees were a minor league baseball

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 team located in West Haven, Connecticut

West Haven, Connecticut

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 from 1972 until 1982. The team played in the Eastern League

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. Their home stadium was Quigley Stadium

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From 1972 until 1979, the team was affiliated with the New York Yankees

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, but the Yankees entered into a deal with a new Double-A team, the Nashville Sounds

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, after the 1979 season. The franchise relocated to Lynn, MA and became the Lynn Sailors. The Waterbury, CT franchise moved to West Haven in 1980, bringing their affiliation with the Oakland Athletics

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, naming their team the West Haven Whitecaps. The team changed their name again in 1981, this time to the West Haven A's. In 1983, the team moved to Albany, New York

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, becoming the Albany A's

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