Visalia Oaks
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| Visalia Oaks | ||
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| 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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| League titles | ||
| Manager | Hector De La Cruz | |
| Owner | ||
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
- David Newhan
- Kirby Puckett
- Dave Roberts
- Nick Swisher
- Justin Thompson
- Juan Uribe
- Barry Zito
[edit] External link
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