Victoria Seals

Independent baseball team
name = Victoria Seals
founded = 2009
city = Victoria, British Columbia

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current league = Golden Baseball League
current division = North Division
past league =
currentname = Victoria Seals (2009-future)
colors = Navy Blue, Red, White
color box|#191970 color box|#FF2400 color box|white
ballpark = Royal Athletic Park
pastparks =
leaguechamps = None as yet
divisionchamps =
owner = Russ Parker
Darren Parker
manager = TBA
gm = Jay Longpre
ast gm = TBA
ops director = TBA
media = Victoria Times-Colonist
website = http://www.victoriaseals.ca www.victoriaseals.ca

The Victoria Seals are a professional baseball team based in Victoria, British Columbia, in Canada. The Seals are a member of the North Division of the independent Golden Baseball League, which is not affiliated with either Major League Baseball "or" Minor League Baseball. They joined the GBL on October 1, 2008. Set to begin play in 2009, the Seals will play their home games at Royal Athletic Park, a multipurpose stadium in Victoria which is also home of the Pacific Coast Soccer League's Victoria United and the Canadian Junior Football League's Victoria Rebels.

Ownership

The Seals are owned by Russ Parker and his son Darren. [Dheensaw, Cleve. [http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/sports/story.html?id=68f29c74-1caf-4ca2-951c-bc73d139b0a6 Boys of summer are back] "Victoria Times-Colonist", October 2, 2008] Prior to owning the Seals, Russ was owner of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League's Calgary Cannons (now the Albuquerque Isotopes). Coincidentally, the GBL has a team in the Cannons' old home field of Foothills Stadium; the defending North Division champion Calgary Vipers.

History of Baseball in Victoria

Past Victoria baseball teams [ [http://www.vdba.ca/pages-added/beginning-of-baseball-.php The Beginning of Baseball in Victoria, B.C. 1849 -1921] ] [ [http://www.vdba.ca/pages-added/victoria-baseball-1946---2006.php Victoria Baseball 1946 - 2008] ]

*Victoria Olympic Club (1866)
*Victoria James Bays (1886)
*Victoria Amity Club (1887)
*Victoria Baseball Club (1892-1901)
*Victoria Islanders (1911)
**Victoria Bees (1911-1914)
**Victoria Maple Leafs (1915)
*Victoria Capitals (1920-1921)
*Victoria Athletics (WIL) (1946-1951)
**Victoria Tyees {WIL) (1952)
*Victoria Mussels (NWL (1978-1979)
**Victoria Blues (NWL) (1980)
*Victoria Capitals (CBL) (2003)
*Victoria Royals (PIL/NWL) (2004)

References

External Links

* [http://www.victoriaseals.ca/ Victoria Seals]
* [http://www.goldenbaseball.com Golden Baseball League website]
* [http://www.goldenbaseball.com/ArDisplay.aspx?ID=4741&SecID=303 Press release announcing the Seals' membership in the GBL]