Relocation
Following the 2005 season, the owners agreed to sell the New Jersey Cardinals. The group that purchased the team is headed by the principal partners of the Altoona Curve, a Double-A Eastern League baseball team. The new owners relocated the New Jersey Cardinals to the brand new, 6,000-seat Medlar Field in University Park, Pennsylvania which is located right outside of State College, Pennsylvania, where the team will play the 2006 season. After the relocation, the New Jersey Cardinals were then renamed the State College Spikes. Following the first year of the franchise as the Spikes, the St. Louis Cardinals switched affiliations to the Batavia Muckdogs, a former affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. The Spikes then became the Class-A Short Season affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates which lasted from 2006-2012. The Spikes switched affiliations from the Pirates back to the Cardinals for the 2013 season.
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