Everybody knows (or should know) that the Lynx have ended their affiliation with the Orioles. What you may not know are all the other changes around the International League since the season ended in September.

Here’s a link to an article I found covering off the new look of the IL.

Interesting quote from the article, which I’ve edited for the blog:

“Norfolk is about 4 hours and 40 minutes, or 240 miles, from Baltimore. That’s a big shortcut from the 10 hour 36 minute drive, or 525 miles, to Ottawa…
This should prevent the Orioles from trying to avoid using their AAA team like the plague as they did in Ottawa. It should also remind the Birds that double A Bowie is not one step away from the majors like they seem to think it is now.”

According to the author, the O’s treated their former city affiliation, Rochester, the same way. I’d heard some rumblings about this in the stands during the season, and this article would certainly confirm some of the suspicions of local “die hards”.