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| Class | Class A to Triple-A | ||||
| League | Arizona Fall League (1992–present) | ||||
| Division | East Division (2009–present) | ||||
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| Name | Scottsdale Scorpions (2007–present) | ||||
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| Ballpark | Scottsdale Stadium (2006–present) | ||||
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| Manager | Marty Malloy | ||||
TheScottsdale Scorpions are a baseball team that plays in the East Division of theArizona Fall League. They play their home games inScottsdale, Arizona, atScottsdale Stadium, which is also thespring training facility of theSan Francisco Giants. The team was established in 1992 and has retained the Scorpions nickname through several location changes. The Scorpions have won three league championships, most recently in 2015.
In the fall of 1994, the team gained worldwide media attention, whenMichael Jordan joined the Scorpions after playing his first minor league baseball season with the Double-ABirmingham Barons inBirmingham, Alabama.
The Scorpions won their first championship in 1996, against theMesa Saguaros. The Scorpions reached the championship game in 2002, 2004, and 2005 but failed to win it. For the 2005 season, the team played its games inSurprise, Arizona, due to renovations of Scottsdale Stadium. The team returned to Scottsdale Stadium the following year, renamed as the Grand Canyon Scorpions. The team changed their name back to Scottsdale Scorpions for the 2007 season. The Scorpions won the league championship in 2010, their first in 14 years. They also won the championship in 2015.
The Stenson Award was created in 2004 by the Arizona Fall League, in memory ofDernell Stenson, a Scorpions outfielder (Cincinnati Reds), who was killed in a carjacking on November 5, 2003.[3][4]
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