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=== Minor League Baseball (1989β2020) === The team was founded in 1989 when the Baltimore Orioles decided to move their [[Single-A|Class A]] [[Carolina League]] affiliate from [[Hagerstown, Maryland]]. The city of Frederick convinced the owners of the then-[[Hagerstown Suns]] to move the team to Frederick and promised a 4,000-seat stadium to be built for the 1990 season. For the 1989 season, the Keys played at McCurdy Field, a [[Babe Ruth League]] stadium, while waiting for the construction of the new stadium to be completed.<ref name="Boys of Summer">{{cite news |title=The Boys of Summers Past; Cherished Memories Resurface as Baseball Returns to Frederick |last=Duggan |first=Paul |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=1989-01-12 |id={{ProQuest|140085073}} }}</ref> The Keys opened by losing both ends of a [[Doubleheader (baseball)|doubleheader]] (including a seven-inning [[Perfect game (baseball)|perfect game]] by [[Dennis Burlingame]]) against the [[Durham Bulls]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Perfect Game only Half of Keys' Troubles |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |pages=C7 |date=1989-04-10 |id={{ProQuest|140018712}} }}</ref> Their first win came on April 11, 1989, with a 3β1 victory over the [[Kinston Indians]] in the Keys' first-ever home game.<ref>{{cite news |title=Keys Find 1st Victory in Home Opener, 3β1 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |last=Eichelberger |first=Curtis |date=1989-04-12 |pages=D4 |id={{ProQuest|140024139}} }}</ref> Only two players in Keys history have been transferred directly from Frederick to the Baltimore Orioles (excluding rehab related transfers). On September 3, 1996, [[Eugene Kingsale]]'s contract was purchased by the Orioles. On June 11, 2005, [[Jeff Fiorentino]]'s contract was purchased by the Orioles in order to replace the injured [[Luis Matos (baseball, born 1978)|Luis Matos]]. The 2020 Minor League Baseball season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Keys did not receive an invitation to remain in affiliated baseball as part of the [[Minor League Baseball#Reorganization of 2021|2021 reorganization of Minor League Baseball]], and instead joined the newly-formed [[MLB Draft League]].
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