Detroit Tigers affiliate: How Double-A baseball was saved in Erie, Pennsylvania

Three words salvaged minor league baseball in Erie, Pennsylvania.

"Save the SeaWolves."

The slogan is simple, but the process was complicated. About 13 months ago, the Detroit Tigers' Double-A affiliate — the Erie SeaWolves — was on the brink of elimination. On Wednesday, the news became official: the SeaWolves had been saved. They will keep their relationship with the Tigers for 2021 and beyond.

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"This is the hardest thing that I've been involved with in my 40-plus years of having a day job," SeaWolves owner Fernando Aguirre said Wednesday.