Lake Elsinore Storm
Lake Elsinore Storm Founded in 1994 Lake Elsinore, California | |||||
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Current | Class A – Advanced | ||||
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League | California League | ||||
Conference | South Division | ||||
Major league affiliations | |||||
Current | San Diego Padres (2001–present) | ||||
Previous | California Angels (1981–2000) | ||||
Minor league titles | |||||
League titles (3) |
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Division titles (5) |
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Ballpark | Lake Elsinore Diamond (1994–present) | ||||
Owner(s)/ Operator(s) | Gary Jacobs (businessman) / Storm LP | ||||
General Manager | Raj Narayanan |
The Lake Elsinore Storm is a minor league baseball team in Lake Elsinore, California, United States. It is a Class A – Advanced team in the California League, and is a farm team of the San Diego Padres. The Storm plays its home games at Lake Elsinore Diamond (Pete Lehr Field), which opened in 1994; the park seats 7,866 fans.
This team relocated three times and has been traced back to the Redwood Pioneers, then the Palm Springs Angels, and finally the Lake Elsinore Storm. As the Palm Springs Angels and later as the Storm, it had previously been the "high-A" affiliate of the Angels until the end of the 2000 season (along with their former mascot, Hamlet), when it and the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes switched affiliations. Some former members of the Storm later became members of the Angels 2002 World Series championship team.
On May 18, 2007, the Storm set a league record for most lopsided victory, beating the Lancaster JetHawks by a 30–0 score.[1]
Since the 2004 opening of Petco Park, the new home field of the Padres, the Storm has played one home game there toward the end of each season, as the second half of a doubleheader following a Padres daytime home game. Usually, its opponent has been the California League farm team of the Padres' same-day opponents.
Notable alumni
- Dylan Axelrod
- Josh Barfield
- Kyle Blanks
- Steve Delabar
- Darin Erstad
- David Freese
- Nate Freiman
- Ernesto Frieri
- Khalil Greene
- Jedd Gyorko
- Dirk Hayhurst
- Chase Headley
- Nick Hundley
- Ben Johnson
- Corey Kluber
- John Lackey
- Rymer Liriano
- Xavier Nady
- Jake Peavy
- Óliver Pérez
- Robb Quinlan
- Francisco Rodríguez
- Tim Stauffer
- Joe Urso
Roster
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References
- ↑ "Sports News & latest headlines from AOL". Sports.aol.com. 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
External links
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