Modesto Nuts

Modesto Nuts Founded in 1946 Modesto, California
Team Logo Cap Insignia
Class-level
Class A - Advanced
Minor league affiliations
California League North Division
Major league affiliations
Colorado Rockies (2005–present) Oakland Athletics (1975–2004) St. Louis Cardinals (1967–1974) Kansas City Athletics (1966) Houston Colt .45s (1962–1964) New York Yankees (1954–1961) Milwaukee Braves (1953) Pittsburgh Pirates (1949–1952) St. Louis Browns (1948) Independent (1946–1947)
Name
Modesto Nuts (2005–present) Modesto A's (1975–2004) Modesto Reds (1966–1974) Modesto Colts (1962–1964) Modesto Reds (1946–1961)
Ballpark
John Thurman Field
Minor league titles
League titles	1950, 1954, 1959, 1966, 1972, 1982, 1984, 2004
Division titles
Owner(s)/Operated by: Michael Savit
Manager: Jerry Weinstein
General Manager: Michael Gorrasi

The Modesto Nuts are a minor league baseball team in Modesto, California, USA. They are a Class A - Advanced team in the California League and a farm team of the Colorado Rockies. The Modesto Nuts play home games at John Thurman Field. Opened in 1955 and renovated in 1997, the park seats 4,000 fans. In March 2007, the City of Modesto installed a new video scoreboard and made improvements to the infield playing surface.

The Nuts adopted their current name in 2005, after the team's affiliation with the Oakland Athletics ended. Before then, the team was known as the Modesto Athletics (or A's). The new name was chosen to reflect the several types of nuts that are grown in the region.

Greg Young does play-by-play for all home and away games, and Modesto Bee sports writer Brian VanderBeek does color commentary in the middle innings of most home games. The play-by-play position was formerly held by Joshua Suchon, who now works for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

On June 2, 2006, manager Chad Kreuter resigned to become the head baseball coach of the University of Southern California. Kreuter replaced his father-in-law, Mike Gillespie. As of 2010, the club is managed by Jerry Weinstein.

In Spring 2008, the team was the subject of Bush League TV's short internet video "Bush League 101: How to Bush League a Bush League Baseball Team." The Bush League TV team plans to have a tailgate at a road game in June.

The Modesto Nuts have two mascots:Al the Almond and Wally the Walnut. These mascots make their presence seen not only at the park cheering on the Nuts, but in the community of Modesto as well.

On August 1st, 2011 Modesto Nuts Outfielder Kent Matthes became the Nuts all-time single season Home Run leader with 21 homers on the season. As of August 2nd Matthes has 22 home runs on the season.

2011 roster

Modesto Nuts roster
Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 35 Chad Bettis 10 Edwar Cabrera 52 Alan DeRatt ∞ 41 Parker Frazier 27 Isaiah Froneberger 20 Leuris Gomez 47 Will Harris 22 Bruce Kern 36 Sheng-An Kuo ∞ 19 Michael Marbry 32 Daniel Perkins ∞ 28 Chad Rose 25 Coty Woods 21 Kurt Yacko		Catchers  3 Jose Gonzalez 23 Beau Seabury  5 Dallas Tarleton Infielders 12 Nolan Arenado 40 Jared Clark 7 Kala Ka'aihue  6 Carlos Martinez 11 Angelys Nina 46 Kiel Roling  2 Josh Rutledge  9 Joseph Sanders Outfielders 14 David Christensen 24 Delta Cleary, Jr. 22 Kent Matthes 29 Eliezer Mesa  9 Rafael Ortega 44 Scott Robinson  8 Orlando Sandoval ∞		Manager -- Lenn Sakata Coaches 43 Darryl Scott (pitching) -- Jonathan Stone (hitting) 7-day disabled list * On Colorado Rockies 40-man roster ∞ Reserve list § Suspended list ‡ Restricted list # Rehab assignment Roster updated December 14, 2011 Transactions → More rosters

References

 2^ Modesto Mascots http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/team3/page.jsp?ymd=20090305&content_id=519809&vkey=team3_t515&fext=.jsp&sid=t515

External links

• Modesto Nuts Official Site
• Bushleague.tv