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1) Although Jeff Sullivan may have said that the weather is better in Jackson as opposed to Tacoma, it is something that those of us who have are addicted to minor league baseball have been saying for a long time.
2) The AA level is often much more challenging than the AAA level because players at the AA level are still working towards finding their ceiling, while many at the AAA level have found theirs and are just hanging around in the event that they may be needed at the MLB. In other words, at the AA level you have prospects and at the AAA level you have emergency replacement parts...