Scottsdale Scorpions
| Scottsdale Scorpions Founded in 1992 Scottsdale, Arizona |
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| League titles | 1996, 2010 | ||
| Division titles | 1996, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2010 | ||
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| Manager: Arnie Beyeler | |||
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The Scottsdale Scorpions are a baseball team that plays in the East Division of the Arizona Fall League located in Scottsdale, Arizona. They play their home games at Scottsdale Stadium.
For the 2011 season, the Major League Baseball teams that will send players to the Scorpions are: the Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, and Washington Nationals.
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[edit] Team history
In 1994, the team gained worldwide media attention, when Michael Jordan began his professional baseball career by joining the Scorpions. After one year, Jordan was sent to the Double-A Birmingham Barons in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Scorpions won their first championship in 1996 against the against the Mesa Saguaros.
The Scorpions would make the championship game in 2002, 2004, and 2005 but would fail to win it. For the 2005 season, the team played its games in Surprise, Arizona due to renovations of Scottsdale Stadium. The team returned to Scottsdale Stadium the following year only to be named the Grand Canyon Scorpions. The team would change their name back to the Scottsdale Scorpions in the 2007 season.
They would once again win the championship in 2010, the first time in fourteen years.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Dusty Baker, manager of the Cincinnati Reds
- Josh Bard, catcher for the San Diego Padres
- Ryan Braun, outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers
- Emmanuel Burriss, second baseman for the San Francisco Giants
- Shawn Green, outfielder for the New York Mets
- Derek Jeter, shortstop for the New York Yankees
- Nomar Garciaparra, former shortstop and current ESPN baseball anaylst
- James Loney, first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Evan Longoria, third baseman for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Troy Percival, closing pitcher for the Tampa Bay Rays
- Terry Francona, manager of the Boston Red Sox
- Albert Pujols, first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals
- Scott Schoeneweis, pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
- Brandon Webb, pitcher for the Texas Rangers
- Russell Martin, catcher for the New York Yankees
- Kendry Morales, first baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
[edit] Stenson Award
The Stenson Award was created in 2004 by the Arizona Fall League, in memory of Dernell Stenson,[1] a Scorpions outfielder (Cincinnati Reds), who was killed in a carjacking on November 5, 2003.[2]
[edit] Standings
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| Team | Win | Loss | % | GB |
| Salt River Rafters | 22 | 16 | .579 | — |
| Mesa Solar Sox | 17 | 20 | .459 | 4.5 |
| Scottsdale Scorpions | 14 | 22 | .389 | 7.0 |
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Dernell Stenson Stats. Baseball Almanac website. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
- ^ Stenson Award. Baseball Almanac website. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
[edit] External links
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