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Mavericks Independent Baseball League
The Mavericks Independent Baseball League is an adult amateur baseball league based in the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area, Oregon, United States, founded in January 2021 and set to begin its inaugural season that May. Each team in the Mavericks League plays a 48-game regular season schedule from May through August, with a championship series. at the conclusion of the regular season. All the league's games are played at Volcanoes Stadium in Keizer, Oregon. History After the 2020-21 Minor League Baseball reorganization left the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes (hitherto members of the Northwest League as the San Francisco Giants' A Short-Season affiliate) without an affiliation, the Volcanoes resolved that they would play in 2021 nonetheless, with further information to come. On January 26, 2021, it was announced that the Volcanoes ownership would be forming their own independent baseball league, the Mavericks League. The league has four teams based in the Salem Metropolitan Statisti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a ball that a player on the batting team, called the batter, tries to hit with a bat. The objective of the offensive team (batting team) is to hit the ball into the field of play, away from the other team's players, allowing its players to run the bases, having them advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called " runs". The objective of the defensive team (referred to as the fielding team) is to prevent batters from becoming runners, and to prevent runners' advance around the bases. A run is scored when a runner legally advances around the bases in order and touches home plate (the place where the player started as a batter). The principal objective of the batting team is to hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salem Senators
The Salem Senators are the longest lasting name used by several minor league baseball teams based in Salem in the U.S. state of Oregon. The team name derived from Salem being the capital of Oregon. The team was founded in 1940. The current incarnation competes in the Mavericks Independent Baseball League. History The Senators were preceded in Salem by the Salem Raglans, who played the 1904 season in the Class D Oregon State League, claiming the championship when the Oregon State League permanently folded during the season. Salem finished with a 27–13 record, 5.5 games ahead of the second place Eugene Blues in the four–team league. The Raglans played their games at the Capital Amateur Athletic Club (C.A.A.C.) Park, which was on the north side of Asylum Avenue (now Center Street NE) near the Asylum (now Oregon State Hospital). regon City Directory, 1905 On May 1, 1940, the first Senators' game was played at the new 5,000 seat Waters Field, which was also the first profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volcanoes Stadium
Volcanoes Stadium is a minor league baseball park in the northwest United States, located in Keizer, Oregon. It is the home field of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, formerly the Class A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants in the short-season Northwest League. It now plays host to the Corban University (https://www.corban.edu/) baseball team full time. The Warriors participate at the NAIA level and are members of the Cascade Collegiate Conference. It also is the home to all four teams in the Mavericks Independent Baseball League. Nicknamed "Oregon's Field of Dreams", it opened in 1997 and has a capacity of 4,254 people. The ballpark is adjacent to Interstate 5, just beyond the right field fence, and sits at an approximate elevation of above sea level. The Volcanoes have won five Northwest League championships, in 1998, 2001, 2006, 2007, and 2009. The team moved to Salem-Keizer in 1997, after two seasons in Bellingham, Washington, preceded by eleven years in Everett. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keizer, Oregon
Keizer () is a city located in Marion County, Oregon, United States, along the 45th parallel. As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 36,478. It lies in the Willamette Valley, and is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was named after pioneer Thomas Dove (T. D.) Keizur and his family, who arrived in the Wagon Train of 1843, and later filed donation land claims. History The original settlement was at Keizer Bottom, near the banks of the Willamette River. The community was named after Thomas Dove Keizur, one of its first settlers. Somewhere in the translation of donation land claim records, his name was misspelled. The settlement suffered in the flood of 1861, and the inhabitants rebuilt their homes on higher ground. Further floods in 1943, 1945, 1946 and 1948 hampered the growth of the community, and it was not until dams were built in the 1950s to regulate the flow of the Willamette that Keizer began to flourish. The City of Salem tried to an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area
The Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is a Metropolitan Statistical Area consisting of two counties in western Oregon, Marion and Polk. The principal city is Salem, the state capital, which has a population of 154,637. As of the 2010 census, there were 390,738 people living in the Salem MSA. In 2000, the MSA had a population of 347,214, and had a population of 278,024 according to the 1990 census. Counties *Marion * Polk Communities Places with more than 125,000 inhabitants * Salem, 154,637 (principal city) Places with 10,000 to 40,000 inhabitants * Dallas, 14,583 *Four Corners (census-designated place) * Hayesville (census-designated place) * Keizer, 36,478 * Woodburn, 24,080 Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants * Aumsville * Donald * Gervais * Hubbard *Independence * Jefferson * Mill City (partial) *Monmouth * Mount Angel * Silverton * Stayton *Sublimity * Turner * Willamina (partial) Places with fewer than 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salem-Keizer Volcanoes
The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes are a baseball team located in Keizer, Oregon, who are charter members of the Mavericks Independent Baseball League, a four-team league entirely based in the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area and playing all their home games at Volcanoes Stadium. From 1997 to 2020, they were members of Minor League Baseball's Northwest League as the Class A Short Season affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. With the reorganization of baseball after the 2020 season, the Volcanoes were not offered a player development license with any Major League Baseball club, though the Volcanoes promised to continue play in 2021, a promise they kept in forming the Mavericks League. History The Volcanoes history begins in Bellingham, Washington where the franchise played for eighteen season as an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners. In 1994, Seattle shifted their affiliation to Everett, who had been a long time San Francisco Giants farm club. Bellingham swapped parents with Everett a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northwest League
The Northwest League is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Northwestern United States and Western Canada. A Class A Short Season league for most of its history, the league was promoted to High-A as part of Major League Baseball's 2021 reorganization of the minor leagues. The league operated as the High-A West in 2021, then resumed its original moniker in 2022. History The Northwest League (or the ''Northwestern League'') has existed in various forms since 1890, and has been in its current incarnation since 1955. The current NWL is the descendant of the Western International League (WIL), a Class B league from 1937 to 1951 (with a stoppage during World War II) and Class A from 1952 to 1954. The league reformed as the Northwest League and dropped to Class B for the 1955 season. The WIL had ten teams in its final season, with four in Canada. In 1955, the Northwest League was formed, with seven charter teams: Salem Senators, Eugene Emeralds, Yakima Bear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are an American professional baseball team based in San Francisco, California. The Giants compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. Founded in 1883 as the New York Gothams, and renamed three years later the New York Giants, the team eventually moved from New York City to San Francisco in 1958. The franchise is one of the oldest and most successful in professional baseball, with more wins than any team in the history of major American sports. The team was the first major-league organization based in New York City, most memorably playing home games at several iterations of the Polo Grounds. The Giants have played in the World Series 20 times. In 2014, the Giants won their then-record 23rd National League pennant; this mark has since been equaled and then eclipsed by the rival Dodgers, who as of 2022 lay claim to 24 NL crowns. The Giants' eight World Series championships are second-most in the NL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Campesinos De Salem-Keizer
The Campesinos de Salem-Keizer are a baseball team located in Keizer, Oregon, who are charter members of the Mavericks Independent Baseball League, a four-team league entirely based in the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area and playing all their home games at Volcanoes Stadium. History The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes in 2019 were selected by Minor League Baseball as one of 22 teams across the country to join their Copa de la Diversión program beginning with the 2020 season. the team was named the Campesinos de Salem-Keizer. The team was set to debut during Minor League Baseball’s Copa de la Diversion in 2020 before the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Campesinos (farm laborers) pay tribute to the contributions of farm workers in the Willamette Valley and embrace the culture and values that resonate in the Latino community. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Minor League Baseball season was cancelled. Following the cancelled season, Major League Baseball too ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copa De La Diversión
''Copa de la Diversión'' () is an initiative by Minor League Baseball to promote the sport and connect its teams to their Hispanic/Latino communities. Teams adopt a culturally-relevant on-field persona for certain games each season. History The promotion started in 2017 with the ''Es Divertido Ser Un Fan'' ("It's Fun to Be a Fan") fan engagement program. Four teams participated: the Las Vegas 51s, who took the field as the Reyes de Plata ("Silver Kings"); the Charlotte Knights as the Charlotte Caballeros; the Visalia Rawhide, who played as the Visalia Toros; and the Kane County Cougars, who did not change their name for the promotion. In 2018, the program was renamed ''Copa de la Diversión'' and expanded to 33 teams. A trophy (the "Fun Cup") was awarded to the Albuquerque Isotopes franchise, who played as the Mariachis de Nuevo México and set new attendance records during ''Copa'' games. In 2019, participation increased to 72 teams. Six teams that participated in 2018 using ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland Mavericks
The Portland Mavericks are a baseball team located in Keizer, Oregon, who are charter members of the Mavericks Independent Baseball League, a four-team league created in 2021. The entire league, including the Mavericks, will play their games at Volcanoes Stadium in the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area. The owners of the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, a former San Francisco Giants' Minor League Baseball affiliate, bought the rights to the Mavericks to help create the league after the Giants ended the affiliation in 2020. Prior to the Mavericks League, the Mavericks were an independent team based in Portland, Oregon. After the 1972 season, the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League left Portland to became the Spokane Indians. The next year, the Mavericks were created as a short-season Class A team in the Northwest League. The team operated as an independent club in Portland for five seasons, until the Pacific Coast League returned in 1978. The Mavericks played their home games i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
