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games and swept Glens Falls in the opening round of the playoffs, before falling to West Haven in the finals. But attendance dropped to an all-time low: 23,791—more than 28,000 fans fewer than the league's second-poorest draw.
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in the finals. Because of poor regular-season attendance in Lynn (only 31,575 came through the turnstiles), all the postseason games were played on the road. The Lynn
Pirates' last game was a 3–0 playoff loss at
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Sports clubs and teams in Essex County, Massachusetts
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Lynn
Sailors cap (top) and jersey (bottom) insignia
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614:Lost to New Britain in championship series 1-3
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828:"Portecelli, 2 others purchase Lynn Sailors"
917:Defunct Eastern League (1938–present) teams
863:Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997).
564:Defeated Glens Falls in division series 2-0
283:placed an expansion Eastern League team in
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656:Alvin Davis
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618:Tommy Sandt
529:Bobby Floyd
491:Bobby Floyd
450:Attendance
394:independent
356:New Britain
287:called the
265:farm system
257:North Shore
226:Lynn Tigers
162:Operator(s)
126:(1972–1979)
31:(1980–1982)
891:Categories
857:References
790:Jeff Zaske
726:Matt Young
721:Dave Valle
716:Paul Serna
701:Spike Owen
686:John Moses
681:Mike Moore
661:Mario Díaz
285:West Haven
646:Bud Black
641:Karl Best
360:strikeout
289:Whitecaps
200:in class
160:Owner(s)/
113:Team data
447:Manager
417:Division
291:and the
202:Double-A
149:Ballpark
56:Double-A
622:31,575
574:23,791
533:38,468
495:50,786
421:Finish
410:Season
392:of the
363:shutout
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301:Red Sox
275:of the
228:of the
176:were a
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508:North
470:North
430:Losses
253:Boston
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131:Colors
797:Notes
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606:.482
586:1983
558:.599
538:1982
523:22.5
520:.449
500:1981
482:.482
462:1980
52:Class
869:ISBN
597:2nd
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473:3rd
435:Win%
425:Wins
413:PDC
245:1980
224:The
172:The
105:1982
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600:77
590:PIT
555:57
552:85
542:SEA
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504:SEA
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