Aaaa Quadruple-a Edit Meaning

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A level of futility in Major League Baseball, reserved for teams that consistently underperforms, and are little more than a farm team to the rest of the leagues come trade time.

A reference to the minor leagues of baseball, the highest of which is AAA (Triple-A).

With seventeen consecutive losing seasons, and eight of their nine starters from 2007 traded away, the Pittsburgh Pirates ought to be relegated to AAAA (Quadruple-A).

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