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The International ___MASK72___ ( IL ) is a ___MASK60___ league that operates in the eastern United States and is headquartered in Dublin , Ohio . Like the Pacific Coast ___MASK72___ and the Mexican ___MASK72___ , it plays at the Triple - A level , which is one step below Major ___MASK72___ Baseball . It was so named because it had teams in both the United States and Canada ( and for several years in the 1950s in Cuba as well ). However , since the relocation of the Ottawa Lynx to Allentown , Pennsylvania , to become the Lehigh Valley IronPigs for the 2008 ___MASK94___ , all of the league ' s teams are now based in the U . S . The Ottawa Lynx were a minor ___MASK72___ ___MASK85___ that competed in the Triple - A International League ( IL ) from 1993 to 2007 . The team ' s home field was Lynx Stadium in Ottawa , Ontario . Over the team ' s 15 seasons , it was the Triple - A Minor League affiliate of the Montreal Expos ( 1993  2002 ), Baltimore Orioles ( 2003  2006 ), and Philadelphia Phillies ( 2007 ). At the time , it was the only IL franchise in Canada . Cuba , officially the ___MASK73___ of Cuba , is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos . Cuba is located in the northern Caribbean where the Caribbean ___MASK38___ , the Gulf of Mexico , and the Atlantic Ocean meet . It is south of both the U . S . state of Florida and the Bahamas , west of Haiti , and north of Jamaica . Havana is the largest city and capital ; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey . Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean , with an area of , and the second - most populous after Hispaniola , with over 11 million inhabitants . The Eastern United States , commonly referred to as the American East or simply the East , is a ___MASK34___ roughly coinciding with the boundaries of the United States established in the 1783 ___MASK77___ of Paris , which bounded the new country to the west along the Mississippi River . It is geographically diverse , spanning the Northeast and Southeast as well as the eastern ___MASK6___ of the Central United States . The Newark Bears were a ___MASK24___ in the International League , beginning in 1917 at the Double - A level . They played in the International League through the 1949 ___MASK94___ , except for 1920 and part of the 1925 ___MASK94___ . In the Bears ' last four seasons in the International League ( 1946 -- 1949 ) , they were a Triple - A ___MASK24___ , the highest classification in minor league baseball . They played their home games at Ruppert Stadium in what is now known as the Ironbound section of Newark ; the stadium was demolished in 1967 . Players in the Bears ' early years who had Major League careers include Eddie Rommel , who pitched for the International League Newark Bears in 1918 and 1919 . Harry Baldwin played three seasons for the Newark Bears ( 1921 -- 1923 ) before playing for the New York Giants . Fred Brainard , who also played for the New York Giants 1914 -- 1916 , later played for the Newark Bears between 1922 -- 1924 and was the Bears ' player - manager in 1923 and 1924 . Other former Major League players who managed the Newark Bears include Hall of Fame members Walter Johnson in 1928 and player - manager Tris Speaker in 1929 -- 1930 . Newark was a hotbed of minor league baseball from the time of the formation of the Newark Indians in 1902 , and the addition of the Newark Eagles of the Negro National Leagues in 1936 . A Federal League ___MASK24___ , the Newark Peppers , played in 1915 . in 1931 Jacob Ruppert bought the Newark Bears who played at Ruppert Stadium in Newark , New Jersey , and begin building the farm system for the Yankees . In 1937 , as a farm club of the New York Yankees , the Bears featured one of the most potent lineups in baseball , including Charlie Keller , Joe Gordon , Spud Chandler and George McQuinn , among others . They won the pennant by 25 games to become known as one of the greatest minor league teams of all time . Their legacy was ensured when , after trailing 3 games to 0 , they won the last four games against the Columbus Red Birds of the American Association to capture the Junior World Series . Following the 1949 ___MASK94___ , the Bears moved to Springfield , Massachusetts . Their departure , and the folding of the Eagles a year later , left Newark without professional baseball for nearly 50 years , until the formation of the Atlantic League Bears ( see above ) . One of the Bears ' players , veteran pitcher George Earl Toolson , was reassigned by the Yankees to the AA Binghamton Triplets for the 1950 ___MASK94___ . He refused to report and sued , challenging baseball ' s reserve clause in Toolson v . New York Yankees , which went all the way to the U . S . Supreme Court . The justices upheld the clause and baseball ' s antitrust exemption , 7 - 2 . At the end of each Major ___MASK72___ ___MASK64___ ___MASK94___ , the league leaders of various statistical categories are announced . Leading the league in a particular category is referred to as a " title ". The Lehigh ___MASK76___ IronPigs are a minor league ___MASK85___ that plays in the International League . The IronPigs are the Triple - A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies . The team plays their home games at Coca - Cola Park , which is located in Allentown , Pennsylvania . The brand new Coca - Cola Park , which opened for the start of the IronPigs ' first season in 2008 , seats up to 8 , 100 , with a capacity of 10 , 000 , and cost $ 50 . 25 million to complete . In 2016 , " Forbes " listed the IronPigs as the fourth - most valuable Minor League ___MASK85___ with a value of $ 43 million . New Jersey is a ___MASK19___ in the Northeastern United States and mid - Atlantic regions of the United States . It is bordered on the north and east by New York , on the southeast and south by the Atlantic ___MASK96___ , on the west by Pennsylvania , and on the southwest by Delaware . New Jersey is the fourth - smallest ___MASK19___ but the 11th - most populous and the most densely populated of the 50 United States . New Jersey lies entirely within the combined statistical areas of New York City and Philadelphia and is the third - wealthiest U . S . ___MASK19___ by per capita ___MASK47___ as of 2014 . The Pacific ___MASK52___ League ( PCL ) is a ___MASK60___ league operating in the Western , Midwestern , and Southeastern United States . Along with the International League and the Mexican League , it is one of three leagues playing at the Triple - A level , which is one grade below Major League Baseball . It is officially named the Pacific ___MASK52___ League of Professional Baseball Clubs , Inc . " Down Neck " is the seventh ___MASK55___ of the HBO original series " The Sopranos ". It was written by Robin Green and Mitchell Burgess , and directed by Lorraine Senna Ferrara . This ___MASK55___ is the only one in the entire series directed by a woman , aired on February 21 , 1999 . Dublin is a ___MASK8___ in Franklin , Delaware , and Union counties in the U . S . state of Ohio . The ___MASK48___ was 41 , 751 at the 2010 ___MASK89___ . Dublin is a ___MASK26___ of Columbus , Ohio . Ironbound is an unincorporated ___MASK61___ and neighborhood within the city of Newark in Essex County , New Jersey , United States . It is a large working - class , close - knit , multi - ethnic ___MASK61___ covering approximately four square miles ( 10 km² ). Historically , the area was called " Dutch Neck ," " Down Neck ," or simply " the Neck ," due to the appearance of the curve of the Passaic River . The Ironbound is part of Newark ' s East ___MASK21___ and is directly east of Newark Penn Station and Downtown Newark , and south and west of the river , over which passes the Jackson Street Bridge , connecting to Harrison and Kearny . Allentown ( Pennsylvania Dutch : " Allenschteddel ") is a ___MASK8___ located in Lehigh ___MASK57___ , Pennsylvania , United States . It is Pennsylvania ' s third most populous ___MASK8___ and the 224th largest ___MASK8___ in the United States . As of the 2010 ___MASK89___ , the ___MASK8___ had a total population of 118 , 032 and is currently the fastest growing ___MASK8___ in all of Pennsylvania . It is the largest ___MASK8___ in the metropolitan area known as the Lehigh Valley , which had a population of 821 , 623 residents . Allentown constitutes a portion of the New York City Metropolitan Area and is the county seat of Lehigh ___MASK57___ . In 2012 , the ___MASK8___ celebrated the 250th anniversary of its founding in 1762 . Downtown Newark , officially known as the Central Business ___MASK5___ , is an unincorporated ___MASK61___ and neighborhood within the city of Newark in Essex County , New Jersey , United States . Downtown Newark is Newark ' s central business , retail , and ___MASK62___ and the largest such district in New Jersey . It is located at a bend in the Passaic River . Canada ( French : ) is a ___MASK23___ in the northern half of North America . Its ___MASK10___ provinces and ___MASK68___ territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest ___MASK23___ by total area and the fourth - largest ___MASK23___ by land area . Canada ' s border with the United States is the world ' s longest land border . The majority of the ___MASK23___ has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . Canada is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About four - fifths of the ___MASK23___ ' s population of 36 million ___MASK80___ is urbanized and live near the southern border . Its ___MASK1___ is Ottawa , its largest city is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec City , Winnipeg and Hamilton . The Passaic ___MASK83___ is a mature ___MASK88___ river , approximately 80 mi ( 129 km ) long , in northern New Jersey in the United States . The river in its upper ___MASK43___ flows in a highly circuitous route , meandering through the swamp lowlands between the ridge hills of rural and suburban northern New Jersey , called the Great Swamp , draining much of the northern portion of the state through its tributaries . In its lower portion , it flows through the most urbanized and industrialized areas of the state , including along downtown Newark . The lower river suffered from severe pollution and industrial abandonment in the 20th century . In April 2014 , the U . S . Environmental Protection Agency announced a $ 1 . 7 billion plan to remove 4 . 3 million cubic yards of toxic mud from the bottom of lower eight miles of the river . It is considered one of the most polluted stretches of water in the nation and the project one of the largest clean - ups ever undertaken .