va ▁Sh ore bird s , ▁which ▁is ▁a ▁Class - A ▁affili ate ▁of ▁the ▁Baltimore ▁Ori oles , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 . ▁He ▁also ▁managed ▁the ▁Tri ple - A ▁Ott awa ▁Lyn x ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 1 . ▁▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁the ▁C ats ▁changed ▁le agues ▁and ▁joined ▁the ▁new ▁American ▁Association . ▁They ▁won ▁their ▁second ▁straight ▁title ▁and ▁their ▁first ▁title ▁in ▁the ▁new ▁league ▁by ▁be ating ▁the ▁St . ▁Paul ▁Sain ts ▁ 3 ▁games ▁to ▁ 2 ▁in ▁the ▁championship ▁series . ▁The ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁regular ▁season ▁record ▁was ▁ 5 6 - 3 9 ▁with ▁a ▁ 0 . 5 8 9 ▁winning ▁percentage . ▁The ▁total ▁season ▁attend ance ▁was ▁ 1 7 7 , 8 9 4 ▁for ▁ 4 6 ▁games , ▁which ▁was ▁an ▁average ▁of ▁ 3 , 8 6 7 ▁per ▁game . ▁Luke ▁Ho che var ▁pitch ed ▁for ▁the ▁C ats ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁making ▁four ▁starts ▁( 1 - 1 , ▁ 2 . 3 8 ▁E RA ) ▁prior ▁to ▁being ▁draft ed ▁# 1 ▁overall ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁Major ▁League ▁Baseball ▁D raft ▁by ▁the ▁Kansas ▁City ▁Roy als . ▁▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁On ▁September ▁ 8 , ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁the ▁C ats ▁defeated ▁the ▁St . ▁Paul ▁Sain ts ▁