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Triple A baseball is the highest level minor baseball league. Beginning in 1981 the Iowa Cubs became affiliated with the Chicago Cubs, and they play their home games at Principal Park, located downtown, where the Raccoon and Des Moines Rivers meet. The level of play is the closest you will find to major league play, these players are on their way to playing for Chicago, or a backup player when the Chicago Cubs need a player because of injury or trades.The Iowa Cubs play in the historic Pacific Coast League which has been playing baseball since 1905, and in 1945 it was considered on the same level as the American and National league, but as expansion extended towards the west, and teams like the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants moved out west in the 1950's, it became a Triple A minor league.Many future stars and Hall of Famers have played for Iowa or the teams they play.Players like, Greg Maddux, Kerry Wood, Mark Prior, Joe Carter, Rafael Palmeiro, Mark Grace, Doug Glanville, Joe Carter, Corey Patterson, Carlos Zambrano, Kyle Farnsworth, Kerry Wood, Steve Trachsel, Tuffy Rhodes, Bruce Kimm, Shawon Dunston, Héctor Villanueva, Mark Prior, Sam Fuld, John Grabow, and Rod Beck played for the Iowa CubsChicago Cubs players have played here when on rehab assignments like Derrek Lee, Daryle Ward, Alfonso Soriano, Kerry Wood, Mark Prior and Ryan Dempster