The Bend Elks are a collegiate summer baseball team located in Bend , Oregon . The Elks are founding members of the West Coast League and play their home games at Vince Genna Stadium .
12-733: Jim and Mary Ann Richards founded the Bend Elks Baseball Club in 1999 with the hope of saving Vince Genna Stadium from demolition. The Elks joined the Pacific International League. Bend continued their affiliation with the league through 2004. In 2005 the Elks along with Bellingham , Kelowna , Spokane, and Wenatchee left the league to form the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League (WCCBL). The Bend Elks went 31-23 in
24-571: Is a baseball park in the northwest United States, located in Bend, Oregon . Opened 60 years ago in 1964, it currently hosts college summer baseball league and area American Legion games. Originally known as "Municipal Ball Park", it was renamed 52 years ago in June 1972 for Vince Genna (1921–2007), the director of the city's parks & recreation department and former American Legion coach. When minor league baseball returned in 1978 with
36-836: The Bend Rainbows in 1971). In 1979, the Central Oregon Phillies paid the Bend Metro Park and Recreation District $ 9,500 for use of the ballpark for the season. In 1980, the team paid $ 9,700. In 2008, the Bend Elks led the WCL in league and overall attendance, averaging 1,430 fans at Genna Stadium over 21 league home games. In 2010 Genna Stadium continued to lead the WCL in total and league attendance, along with average game attendance; its record-setting season attendance exceeded 50,000. In November of 2022,
48-576: The 2014 WCL season finishing 4 games behind the leading Corvallis Knights and were awarded the first ever WCL wild card spot. Bend was eliminated after the WCL Divisional Series to the rival Corvallis Knights in 2 games. The Elks were Hit by the pitch 72 times and set a WCL record for the most times hit at the plate in one season. The front office of the Bend Elks put 42,030 people through the turnstiles in 31 games at home with 1,356 per game. In October 2014, John and Tami Marick purchased
60-551: The Bend Elks Baseball Club from Jim and Mary Ann Richards. The Maricks are founders of Consumer Cellular , a nationwide wireless MVNO based in Tigard, Oregon, with one of its three corporate locations in Central Oregon. In 2015 the Bend Elks won the WCL championship series. The Elks are the latest in a long history of semi-pro and minor-league teams to call Central Oregon home. The Elks are currently tied for second in
72-680: The Elks in the 2024 all star game in Bellingham. The Elks made the postseason as a wildcard. This was the Elks' first playoff berth since 2015. The Elks were swept by the Pickles in the Divisional Series 0-2. Elks alumni who went on to play in Major League Baseball include Brian Barden , Jacoby Ellsbury , Blaine Hardy , Trevor Hildenberger , and Eric Sogard . Vince Genna Stadium Vince Genna Stadium
84-721: The Islanders' parent clubs were the California Angels (1970), and the San Diego Padres (1971) 1989 California Angels season The 1989 California Angels season saw the Angels finish third in the American League West with a record of 91 wins and 71 losses. The 1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 60th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of
96-751: The Timber Hawks, Genna was an honorary first base coach in their debut game. The stadium was the longtime home of Bend's minor league teams in the Class A-Short Season Northwest League , and later the Bend Bandits of the Western Baseball League . It is currently the home of the Bend Elks in the collegiate summer West Coast League and has a seating capacity of approximately 3,500. In
108-639: The baseball field underwent a $ 300,000 renovation which made the infield completely turf. The field is commonly used for the YouTube Channel “The Baseball Bat Bros” who test out baseball bats for High School and College athletes to see how new baseball bats compare to each other Short-season Class A ^ The Rainbows were an affiliate of the Hawaii Islanders of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League ;
120-477: The need for adequate sun screens in left field (west) as one of the reasons for breaking their affiliation with the Bend Bucks after the 1989 season. The stadium has hosted affiliates of four major-league teams ( Angels , A's , Phillies , and Rockies ), four players who made the majors ( Brian Barden , Julio Franco , Jacoby Ellsbury , and Eric Sogard ), and one future movie star ( Kurt Russell played for
132-704: The south division with the Corvallis Knights with a 22-12 record and .5 games behind the division leading Portland Pickles . Beau Sylvester ( UW ) leads the league with 33 runs batted in. The Elks have seen 24,957 total fans for an average of 1,387 per game. Jackson Elder (Utah) was named pitcher of the week on July 9th. Elder threw for seven innings in the Elks' game against the Pippins allowing zero runs and only three hits while also throwing eight strikeouts. Also on July 9th, Easton Amundson, Mason Edwards, Jackson Elder, and Tyler Wood were selected to represent
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#1732781157509144-406: The south end of the city, the elevation of the natural grass playing field is approximately 3,700 feet (1,130 m) above sea level and is unconventionally oriented northwest; the recommended alignment of a baseball diamond (home plate to center field) is east-northeast. In 1978, the Timber Hawks had intermissions called "sun breaks" near sundown when the glare was excessive. The Angels cited
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