Salt Lake Bees Baseball

The Salt Lake Bees Baseball - Games played at Spring Mobile Ballpark located in downtown Salt Lake City at 77 West 1300 South, with the home plate entrance located at the corner of West Temple and 1300 South.

Salt Lake City was without Pacific Coast League baseball until 1994, when owner Joe Buzas moved the Portland Beavers franchise to the Beehive State and named the team the Salt Lake Buzz. As the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, the Buzz would enjoy a winning record in…

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The Salt Lake Bees Baseball - Games played at Spring Mobile Ballpark located in downtown Salt Lake City at 77 West 1300 South, with the home plate entrance located at the corner of West Temple and 1300 South.

Salt Lake City was without Pacific Coast League baseball until 1994, when owner Joe Buzas moved the Portland Beavers franchise to the Beehive State and named the team the Salt Lake Buzz. As the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, the Buzz would enjoy a winning record in each of their seven seasons with trips to the postseason in five of those years. Unfortunately, the Buzz would be heartbroken with a pair of walk-off hits that would end their trips to the PCL finals. In 1995, Salt Lake had a one-run lead with one out and nobody on base in the bottom of the ninth of the fifth and deciding game at Colorado Springs, but the team never recorded the third out, as Jim Tatum's bloop single to left off Dan Naulty gave the Sky Sox the championship.

In 2000, the Buzz were down two games to one, but rallied to tie Memphis with three runs in the top of the ninth inning. The game would, however, end in the Redbirds favor on a 13th inning solo homer by future National League Rookie of the Year, Albert Pujols.

In 2001, the team would change its name and affiliation once again. The team would be known as the Stingers and would reunite with the Angels. That led to another trip to the league finals in 2002, but they would be defeated three games to one by the Edmonton Trappers. The Stingers struggled through 2003 and 2004 and in 2005, Larry H. Miller purchased the Stingers. Under first year manager Dino Ebel, the team finished 79-65, just one game behind Tacoma in the Northern Division race. In October, the Stingers changed their name back to the original Salt Lake Bees.

Under manager Brian Harper in 2006 and 2007, the Bees enjoyed back-to-back PCL Pacific North Division titles, yet in both years the team lost in the Pacific Coast Conference Championship series.

Former World Champion Los Angeles Dodger Bobby Mitchell joined the Bees as manager in 2008. Beginning the season with a minor league best 21-1 start, Salt Lake once again captured the Pacific North Division title, but fell for the third consecutive time in the Pacific Conference Championship series.

The franchise owns a 22-30 playoff record and a 4-11 playoff series record.

Overall, Salt Lake teams have a 3840-3707 record in the Pacific Coast League. Only Portland (15,555) and Sacramento (10,421) have seen their city's PCL teams play more games than the 7,547 games that Salt Lake City's teams have played. Categories:   Ticket Sales

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