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Santa Barbara, CA
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Players who were born here / Players who died here
Eddie Mathews, although he was not born in Santa Barbara, went to school there. He worked on his skills on the field at La Cumbre Middle School, and later attended Santa Barbara High School.
There are two current (August 2007) major leaguers who were born in Santa Barbara, both named "Ryan" - Ryan Church and Ryan Spilborghs.
"If Captain Frank Dillon had his way the Superbas would do their spring training in California, in the vicinity of Santa Barbara, next year." - Sporting Life, June 4, 1904
[edit] Teams that have played here
- Santa Barbara Barbareans, Southern California League (1913)
- Santa Barbara Saints, California League (1941-1942)
- Santa Barbara Dodgers, California League (1946-1953, 1964-1967)
- Channel Cities Oilers, California League (1954-1955)
- Santa Barbara Rancheros, California League (1962-1963)
- The current team is the Santa Barbara Foresters, an amateur team that won the 2006 "World Series" of the National Baseball Congress.
