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Reno Silver Sox (Golden Baseball League)
The Reno Silver Sox were a professional baseball team based in Reno, Nevada, in the United States. They were a member of the North Division of the independent Golden Baseball League, which is not affiliated with either Major League Baseball ''or'' Minor League Baseball. From 2006 to 2008, they played their home games at William Peccole Park, on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno. The team was the descendant of the original Reno Silver Sox minor league baseball team that played with three leagues from 1947 to 1992. History of the Silver Sox name For obvious reasons, the name Silver Sox is derived from the nickname of Nevada, the "Silver State". Like MLB's Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox, the team has a sock as its logo. Sunset League/Far West League (1948–1951) Before they became a part of the GBL, the Silver Sox actually began their legacy as a member of the class-C Sunset League in 1947. They won the league championship in 1948. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 In Baseball
Headline events of the year *Chicago White Sox swept (4–0) the Houston Astros to win the 2005 World Series. *2005 also marked the inaugural season of the Washington Nationals, who relocated from Montreal and were formerly known as the Expos. This is Washington, D.C.'s first MLB team since the Washington Senators became the Texas Rangers following the 1971 season. * Chris Burke ended the 2005 NLDS with a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 18th inning. *The Astros went from 15–30 to the 2005 World Series. They had a 22–7 record in July. Champions Major League Baseball *Regular season Champions *World Series Champion – Chicago White Sox *Postseason – October 4 to October 26 Click on any series score to link to that series' page. Higher seed has home field advantage during Division Series and League Championship Series. American League has home field advantage during World Series as a result of American League victory in 2005 All-Star Game. National League is se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ventura Oilers
The Ventura Oilers were a California League baseball team based in Ventura, California, USA that played from 1947 to 1953. They were affiliated with the San Francisco Seals (baseball), San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast League in 1953, the Boston Braves (baseball), Boston Braves from 1950 to 1952 and the New York Yankees from 1947 to 1949 and played their home games at Babe Ruth Field. Notable players for the Ventura Oilers include Dick Adams (baseball), Dick Adams, Dario Lodigiani and Dave Melton. Lodigiani also managed the team. Bat Boys for the team included Robert and Frank Buck. Notable major league baseball, major league players that played for the Ventura Braves included Gene Lillard, Bob Roselli and Bobby Sturgeon. Lillard and Sturgeon also managed the Ventura team. The team became the Channel Cities Oilers in 1954 and then the Reno Silver Sox in 1955. Notable alumni *Frank Lucchesi (1948-1949) * Tom Morgan (baseball), Tom Morgan (1949) *Hal Smith (infielder), Hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Lancaster
Lester Wayne Lancaster (born April 21, 1962) is a former professional baseball player. He pitched in the Major League Baseball, Major Leagues from 1987 to 1993 and later managed in the minor leagues. Along with fellow reliever Mitch Williams (baseball), Mitch Williams, Lancaster helped lead the Chicago Cubs to a 1989 National League East division title. Lancaster played college baseball for the Arkansas Razorbacks and Dallas Baptist University. In 703.2 innings of work, Lancaster was 41–28, a winning percentage of .594 with an Earned run average, ERA of 4.05. He was a good fielding pitcher, committing only one error in 139 total chances for a .993 fielding percentage. References External links 1962 births Adirondack Lumberjacks players American expatriate baseball players in Mexico Arkansas Razorbacks baseball players Baseball players from Dallas Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Chicago Cubs players Dallas Baptist Patriots baseball players Detroit Tigers players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japan Samurai Bears
The Japan Samurai Bears are a defunct professional baseball traveling team that played in the independent Golden Baseball League, which is not affiliated with either Major League Baseball ''or'' Minor League Baseball. They were based in the Arizona Division. The team, which existed for one season, played all of its games on the road in order to keep an even number of teams in the league. The manager of the team was Warren Cromartie (aka "Cro"), an American who had played for a number of years in the Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball league. The team was almost entirely made of players from Japan, but did include some US-born players of Japanese descent to fill out the roster. Team history The Samurai Bears were one of eight charter teams in the Golden Baseball League that began play in 2005 joining the likes of the Chico Outlaws, Fullerton Flyers, Long Beach Armada and San Diego Surf Dawgs of California; the Mesa Miners, Surprise Fightin' Falcons and Yuma Scorpions Yuma c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuma Scorpions
Yuma can refer to: Places United States * Yuma County, Arizona ** Yuma, Arizona ** Marine Corps Air Station Yuma ** Yuma Proving Ground ** Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona (CDP) ** Yuma Territorial Prison * Fort Yuma, California * Yuma County, Colorado ** Yuma, Colorado * Yuma, Kansas * Yuma, Kentucky * Yuma, Michigan, in Springville Township * Yuma, Tennessee Elsewhere * Yuma Desert, desert in southwest U.S. and northwest Mexico * Long Island, Bahamas, called Yuma by Native Arawak Indians over 500 years ago * The Magdalena River, Colombia, also known as the Yuma River * La Yuma / el Yuma, approbative name for the United States in Cuba * Yuma River (Dominican Republic) People * Quechan, also called Yuma, a native people of Arizona * Juma people, a native people of Brazil * Suma Indians (Suma also spelled Yuma), a native people of Texas and Chihuahua, Mexico * Yuma (name), a Japanese given name Arts and entertainment * ''Yuma'' (1971 film), TV film starring Clint Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surprise Fightin' Falcons
The Surprise Fightin' Falcons are an inactive professional baseball team based in Surprise, Arizona. They played in the Arizona Division of the independent Golden Baseball League, which is not affiliated with either Major League Baseball ''or'' Minor League Baseball. They played their home games at the Surprise Recreation Campus athletic facility, which includes a spring training ballpark called Surprise Stadium. History The Fightin' Falcons started as one of eight charter teams in the GBL along with the Chico Outlaws, Fullerton Flyers, Long Beach Armada and San Diego Surf Dawgs in California, the Mesa Miners and Yuma Scorpions in Arizona and a traveling team, the Japan Samurai Bears that began play in May 2005. The league owns the naming rights to the team as well as the other seven original teams. In their only season, they finished 3rd in the Arizona Division with a 46-44 record. The team included the league's first ever MVP, Desi Wilson, who during the year ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Diego Surf Dawgs
The San Diego Surf Dawgs are a professional baseball team based in San Diego, California, that competes in the Federal Baseball League. The team played for two seasons in San Ramon, California, in the Golden Baseball League (GBL), and then in the Arizona Winter League and Arizona Summer League. The Surf Dawgs were owned by Diamond Sports & Entertainment, previous owners of the GBL and primary investors in the North American League. In November 2022, it was announced the Surf Dawgs franchise would be revived, as part of a west coast expansion of the Federal Baseball League. Their home stadiums included Tony Gwynn Stadium on the campus of San Diego State University and Desert Sun Stadium in Yuma, Arizona. The team was the inaugural GBL Champions in 2005, managed by former Tucson Padres manager Terry Kennedy. They won the 2010 ASL Championship. Team history Golden Baseball League (2005–2006) The Surf Dawgs were one of the eight original GBL charter teams that began play in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Beach Armada
The Long Beach Armada were an independent professional baseball team based in Long Beach, California, in the United States. The Armada was a member of the North Division of the now-defunct Golden Baseball League (GBL), which was not affiliated with either Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball. The Armada played its home games at Blair Field. The Armada fielded a team for the Arizona Summer League in 2010 months after suspending GBL operations, and then a team in the Arizona Winter League in 2011. The franchise has been owned by Diamond Sports & Entertainment, primary investors in the current North American League (NAL), since 2005. The team had 13 different players during its first five seasons that played at the major league level. In addition, 21 Long Beach Armada players have had their contracts purchased by major league organizations. Team history The team was one of the original eight GBL charter teams that began play in 2005. They began play in May 2005, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fullerton Flyers
The Fullerton Flyers were a professional baseball team based in Fullerton, California, in the United States. They were an independent franchise, not affiliated with either Major League Baseball ''or'' Minor League Baseball. The team played from 2005 to 2010 and their home stadium was at "The Station" at Goodwin Field, which is also the home field for the Cal State Fullerton Titans. The Flyers were an original charter team of the Golden Baseball League. After the collapse of that league, they were scheduled to join the new independent North American League, but sat out the 2011 season as they negotiated plans for a new stadium with the city of Fullerton. Those stadium plans never materialized. In May 2012, they announced they were joining the American West Baseball League (AWBL) and would play in 2013, but they left the league before it was to start. The team was original owned by the Golden Baseball League and its primary owners Diamond Sports & Entertainment. They were then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chico Outlaws
The Chico Outlaws were a professional baseball team based in Chico, California, in the United States. The Outlaws were a member of the Northern Division of the independent North American League, which is not affiliated with either Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball. From the 2005 season to the 2011 season, the Outlaws played their home games at Nettleton Stadium, on the campus of Chico State University. The team officially folded on February 29, 2012, and some of its remnants (including management and on-field staff) have gone to the NAL's newest team, the San Rafael Pacifics. The rights to the Outlaws were owned by Diamond Sports & Entertainment (DSE). DSE Board Chairman was Timothy Draper and CEO was Brian MacInnes. Those rights are now up in the air. History Golden Baseball League (2005-2010) The Outlaws began play in May 2005, three years after their predecessors, the Chico Heat were forced to cease operations due to the folding of the Western Baseball L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mesa, Arizona
Mesa ( ) is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. The population was 504,258 at the 2020 census. It is the List of municipalities in Arizona, third-most populous city in Arizona, after Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, Tucson, the List of United States cities by population, 37th-most populous city in the U.S., and the most populous city that is not a county seat (except for independent cities Washington, D.C. and Baltimore which are not part of any county). It is the most populous city in the East Valley (Phoenix metropolitan area), East Valley of the Phoenix metropolitan area. It borders Tempe, Arizona, Tempe on the west, the Salt River Pima–Maricopa Indian Community on the north, Chandler, Arizona, Chandler and Gilbert, Arizona, Gilbert on the south along with Queen Creek, Arizona, Queen Creek, and Apache Junction on the east. At least ten colleges and universities are located in Mesa, as is the Mesa Arizona Temple, one of the first LDS temples constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reno Padres
Reno ( ) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County, Nevada, Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, in the Truckee River valley, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada, it is about northeast of Lake Tahoe. Known as "The Biggest Little City in the World", Reno is the List of United States cities by population, 78th most populous city in the United States, the List of cities in Nevada, third most populous city in Nevada, and the most populous in Nevada outside the Las Vegas Valley. The city had a population of 264,165 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The city is named after Civil War Union major general Jesse L. Reno, who was killed in action during the American Civil War at the Battle of South Mountain, on Fox's Gap. Reno is part of the Reno, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area, Reno–Sparks metropolitan area, the second-m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
