How Long Does a Memory Last

Stars from the Ports
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At Saturday's concert in the Ports new stadium, the booth lists a bunch of Ports who made it to the bigs. Curiously absent in the list is John Jaha. He played four seasons for the Ports including 1989 where he hit 25 home runs and played in 140 games. We last saw him in the second year of the Rivercats in 2001 where he played in 23 games. In all he played 13 seasons.

Jaha was a star in all three areas we saw him in - the Bigs (with Oakland and the Twins), AAA (the RIvercats) and A (the Ports). He was fun to watch and announcers had a good time saying his name - two syllable names are great because you can vary the emphasis. During Jaha's time with the Ports they were among the winningest professional sports franchises, so he must have been doing something right. Are the jerseys only those from recent memory?