Baltimore Bayrunners | |
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League | IBL |
Founded | 1999 |
Folded | 2000 |
Arena | Baltimore Arena |
Location | Baltimore, Maryland |
Team colors | blue, navy, dark green, grey |
Website | www.iblhoops.com/teams/bayrunners (archived on March 11, 2000) |
The Baltimore Bayrunners were a professional basketball team in the International Basketball League (IBL) from 1999 to 2000. [1] The Bayrunners were the first professional basketball team in Baltimore, Maryland since the Bullets re-located to Washington, D.C. in 1973. The Memphis franchise of the former American Basketball Association had intended to move to Baltimore for what turned out to be that league's final season, 1975–76, but then folded without playing a game in Baltimore. The Bayrunners were owned in-part by Baltimore Orioles third baseman Cal Ripken. [2]
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