The only food left at the hotel was popcorn. Some (lots) of beer also made it into the celebration.

The year was 1988, and the local Triple-A baseball team, then the Las Vegas Stars and an affiliate of the San Diego Padres, had just won the Pacific Coast League championship in Vancouver, British Columbia.

“We had a bash, an all-nighter,” Don Logan said. “Then we took a bus across the Canadian border and chartered back here and had another bash down at the ballpark at Cashman (Field).

“But it wasn’t nearly as much fun as winning it at home.”

They finally know what that feels like.

Remembering when

Now called the Aviators and the Triple-A affiliate of the Athletics, the club won its first PCL championship since that 1988 season Wednesday night with a 7-3 victory over the Tacoma Rainier

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