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The Bakersfield Train Robbers are a professional baseball team based in Bakersfield, California. The team is a member of the Pecos League , an independent baseball league which is not affiliated with Major or Minor League Baseball .
Sam Lynn Ballpark (also known as "Historic" Sam Lynn Ballpark) is a baseball venue in Bakersfield, California and was the oldest ballpark of the Class-A Advanced California League. It was built in 1941 for the Bakersfield Badgers, which began the 1941 season as a charter member of the California League .
The Sacramento Kings of the NBA (shown playing at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento) are the state capital’s only major professional sports team. There are many professional sports teams based in California, participating in sports such as baseball, American football, soccer, basketball, ice hockey, lacrosse, and ultimate.
Bakersfield is the home of several motor sports venues. During the formative period of American auto racing, Bakersfield, in 1911, hosted an American Automobile Association (AAA) Indy car event. The race took place around the local oil derricks, and was won by Harvey Herrick. The Bakersfield Speedway is a 1/3-mile (500m) banked clay oval track. [5]
The Men's Senior Baseball League (MSBL) and Men's Adult Baseball League (MABL) is an amateur baseball league for adults 18 years of age and older. It was founded by Long Island, New York-based Steve Sigler in the 1980s with 60 members. He later established the MSBL/MABL World Series and Fall Classic, which take place, respectively in October in ...
The Bakersfield Blaze were a minor league baseball team in Bakersfield, California. They played in the California League at the Class A-Advanced level, hosting home games at Sam Lynn Ballpark . Opened in 1941, the stadium is well known for facing the setting sun and its shallow 354-foot (108 m) center field fence, and seats 3,500 fans.
Lou Martin of Bakersfield led the league in hitting, batting .389 and player/manager Ned Porter led the California State League with 15 home runs. [8] [9] [10] [4] Bakersfield next hosted minor league baseball when the 1941 Bakersfield Badgers began play as members of the Class C level California League. [4] [11] (1909) Santa Fe Depot.
KGEO also carried minor league baseball games of the now-defunct Bakersfield Blaze in the California League. KGEO later experimented with hot talk carrying such syndicated programs as "The Phil Hendrie Show" and "The Tom Leykis Show". Imus in the Morning was heard on KGEO until its cancellation in April 2007.