Long Beach Armada
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| Long Beach Armada Founded in 2005 Long Beach, California |
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| Owner(s)/Operated By: Golden Baseball League | |||
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| Manager: Steve Yeager | |||
| Media: Long Beach Press-Telegram | |||
| Website: www.goldenbaseball.com/LongBeach | |||
The Long Beach Armada is an independent Golden Baseball League team based in Long Beach, California.
The current roster includes three left handed pitchers who reached the major leagues: Adam Pettyjohn, Alan Newman, and Bud Smith. In July 2006, former major league star José Canseco was traded to the team and played as a designated hitter and pitcher.
On May 28, 2007, Golden Baseball League CEO, Dave Kaval, announced that the Armada's official name had been changed to Long Beach Armada of Los Angeles of California of the United States of North America Including Barrow, Alaska. Kaval explained the change saying, "In order to better reach the larger Armada Nation, we felt compelled to lengthen the name to incorporate all our fans stretching from the warm beaches of Los Angeles to the frigid beaches of the arctic circle. Our inspiration was Arte Moreno's brilliant marketing gambit of positioning the Anaheim Angels as an LA team. Being a real Los Angeles county team, we too wanted to extend our reach as far north as possible."[1] For the Armada to play any actual games in Alaska is unlikely -- there is in fact a baseball field in Barrow, but the playing surface is all-dirt (due to a lack of grass in Barrow) and the dimensions are only Little League-sized.
Despite the team's name change, they are still referred to in the media and at their home games as the Long Beach Armada.
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[edit] Famous Players
Former MLB star José Canseco.
Future MLB Hall of Famer Kevin Cominsky.
MLB Player Brock Smith, who coincidentally engaged in a mid-season fight with Canseco, but have since cleared things up after hosting a charity gala, in which all proceeds went towards anti-doping.
Two former players on the San Francisco Giants were signed on by the Long Beach Armada for the 2008 Season.
In February of 2008, The Armada signed Tony Torcato.
One month later, in March 2008, the Long Beach Armada signed former Major League Baseball pitcher, Jerome Williams to improve the teams pitching staff.
[edit] Team Record
| Season | W | L | Win % | Place | Playoff |
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| 2005 | 49 | 41 | .544 | 3rd, California Division | Wild Card |
| 2006 | 37 | 43 | .463 | 3rd/5th | Did not qualify |
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