Visalia Oaks

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Visalia Oaks
League	California League
Division	North Division
Year founded	1946
Major League affiliation	Arizona Diamondbacks
Home ballpark	Recreation Park
Previous home ballparks
City	Visalia, California
Current uniform colors	maroon, green
Previous uniform colors
Logo design	The wordmark "Visalia" in green outlined in gold with the word "Oaks" centered below in green and gold. A cartoon squirrel is entwined with the 'V' wearing a baseball cap. A baseball dots the 'i' in "Visalia."
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The Visalia Oaks are a minor league baseball team in Visalia, California, USA. They are a "high-A" class team of the Arizona Diamondbacks operating in the California League.

The Oaks play home games at Recreation Park; opened in 1967, the stadium seats 1,800 fans. The city of Visalia agreed in the summer of 2006 to a multimillion dollar renovation of Recreation Park with the condition that a 10 year lease was signed by the Visalia Oaks.

[edit] Mascot

The Visalia Oaks mascot is a squirrel named Chatter.

[edit] Alumni

• Rod Barajas
• Angel Berroa
• Eric Byrnes
• Eric Chavez
• Jeff DaVanon
• Esteban German
• Franklyn German
• Eddie Guardado
• Rich Harden
• Ramon Hernandez
• Lee Mazzilli
• Kirby Puckett
• Dave Roberts
• Nick Swisher
• Justin Thompson
• Juan Uribe
• Barry Zito

[edit] External link

• Visalia Oaks Official Site

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