Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Stadiums - California Angels Spring Training Venues, Los Angeles Angels Stadiums, Dodger Stadium (Paperback)

Chapters: California Angels Spring Training Venues, Los Angeles Angels Stadiums, Dodger Stadium, Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Wrigley Field, Palm Springs Stadium, Tempe Diablo Stadium. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Former names: Angel Stadium Palm Springs Stadium is a stadium in Palm Springs, California . It is primarily used for baseball . It was formerly named Angels Stadium and was the home field of the Palm Springs Suns of the Western Baseball League in 1995 and 1996. Palm Springs Stadium is now the home of the Palm Springs Power, formerly of the collegiate-level Pacific Southwest Baseball League . The Power started play at the stadium in 2004. In Nov. 2006, the Palm Springs Power announced they switched leagues for the 2007 season. Their new league is the Southern California Collegiate Baseball Association (SCCBA). The stadium had a capacity of 5,185.History Formerly a polo ground, the present-day stands opened in 1949 and was expanded 4 times in the 1950s. They hosted exhibition games for several Pacific Coast League teams throughout the 1950s and 1960s. From 1961 to 1992, it hosted spring training for the California Angels under team owner Gene Autry, also a part-time resident. Their class-A minor league affiliate, the Palm Springs Angels of the California League played good "in the heat" from 1986 to their last season, 1993.Three other teams played in the stadium, the Palm Springs Promise of the California Collegiate League folded quickly in 1994. The Cal League's Modesto A's played 20 home games that year, and the Riverside Pilots done the same in 1995 (the Pilots are now the Lancaster Jethawks ). The Phoenix Firebirds of the AAA-level Pacific Coast League played 20 "home" games at the stadium in 1997 before they became the Fresno Grizzlies .For a while, the only bond ...