Editing Norfolk Tides (section)

====Baltimore Orioles (2007–2020)====

[[File:Harbor park.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.2|The Tides have played at [[Harbor Park]] since 1993.]]

Norfolk became the Triple-A affiliate of the [[Baltimore Orioles]] in 2007. The Orioles preferred the quality of the facilities at Harbor Park as well as the more favorable weather and proximity of Norfolk compared to their previous location in [[Ottawa]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82968646/orioles-pick-norfolk-for-aaa-affiliate/|via=Newspapers.com|title=Orioles Pick Norfolk for AAA Affiliate|work=The Progress-Index|location=Petersburg|date=September 24, 2006|page=B4}}</ref> Maryland Baseball Holding, the Tides' ownership group led by Ken Young, also owned two other Orioles-affiliated teams at the time: the [[Bowie Baysox]] and [[Frederick Keys]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Stan |title=Young is a Hands-on Owner |work=The Frederick News-Post |date=April 17, 2007|url=http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=59070 |access-date=August 7, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217031229/http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=59070 |archive-date=February 17, 2012}}</ref>

From 2007 to 2014, the Tides regularly finished with losing records and only finished at or above .500 in 2009, 2012, and 2013.<ref name=BRNorfolk/> The 2015 team, led by IL Manager of the Year [[Ron Johnson (baseball)|Ron Johnson]] qualified for the Governors' Cup playoffs as winners of the Southern Division title but lost in the semifinals to Columbus in five games.<ref name=SC2015>{{cite web|url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbaseball/standings/l-IL/y-2015|title=2015 International League|website=Stats Crew|access-date=July 31, 2021}}</ref> The Tides added a second mascot, a green sea creature named Triton, in 2016.<ref name=Mascots/> Norfolk continued to post losing seasons from 2016 to 2019.<ref name=BRNorfolk/> In 2019, first baseman [[Ryan Mountcastle]] was selected as the IL MVP.<ref name=ILawards/> The start of the 2020 season was initially postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] before being cancelled altogether.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Message From Pat O'Conner|url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/message-from-minor-league-baseball-president-ceo-pat-o-conner-313052288|website=Minor League Baseball|date=March 13, 2020|access-date=May 5, 2020}}</ref><ref name=2020can>{{cite news |title=2020 Minor League Baseball Season Shelved|url=https://www.milb.com/news/2020-minor-league-baseball-season-shelved|website=Minor League Baseball|date=June 30, 2020|access-date=July 1, 2020}}</ref>