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I'm Joe Wallace, 60 years old and a Southern Californian. Born and raised in San Diego, I continue to make the area my home base although business travels often take me to all corners of the globe for extended periods of time. In recent years I've spent quite a bit of time at manufacturing and research sites in Japan, South Korea, and calling on business partners throughout the United State and Pacific rim. Outside of work and strat-o-matic gaming, I enjoy time on the water, golfing, tennis, and traveling with the family. My lovely wife and I have 2 adult daughters, and we're very excited to have our first grandchild on the way.

I'm a proud CBA member for 17 yrs now, and have enjoyed the challenge of building the lovable loser I inherited into a frequent winner. While we have not won the big championship trophy as of yet, we enjoy the challenge of trying to field a strong contender each and every year while working hard to follow the minor league systems in hopes of unearthing some future gems. Every year, I expect to draft the next Kershaw or Trout, but usually end up disappointing the loyal fans of San Diego with my selections. I wasn't much of a baseball player growing up, in fact I was a bench warmer for my high school team. So maybe I don't know baseball talent when I see it. But I sure do have fun trying.

The 2018 edition of the Surf has a lot of young talent and surprising power potential for the future. After trading decade-long franchise MVP Robbie Cano for up and infield comer Alex Bregman, we are proud to put him on our 2018 media guide as the cornerstone of our young nucleus. Appearing alongside Alex on the media guide cover are our two feared veteran sluggers, Giancarlo Stanton and Josh Donaldson, and our 2nd year slugging backstop Gary Sanchez. Together, this fearsome foursome make for a very formidable middle of the lineup in the competitive Carter division. We are also excited about our other dynamic young roadrunners in the outfield, Manuel Margot and Byron Buxton. Defensively, they can go get anything that's hit out there and we expect our outfield defense to be 2nd to none this year. Margot and Buxton are also quickly developing into all-start offensively, and the future looks very bright with them as part of our nucleus.

San Diego's team identity has always been pitching and defense, so we've attempted to bolster our rotation over these past few seasons. We are proud to feature 5 young arms in this year's rotation for whom the sky is the limit. Eduardo Rodriguez, Tyler Glasnow, Martin Perez, Luke Weaver, and Jake Odirozzi are all between 24 and 27 years old with their best years and best stuff yet to come. As always, we hope that the pleasant San Diego weather and our innovative 6 man rotation help us keep all of our arms healthy. Health is the key to everything. We believe that we can be back in championship contention within a year if everybody stays on the field and avoids the knife.

San Diego Surf's David Wright in a close play at the plate vs Longue Pointe October 2009 in the Staub finals

BOXSCORE: 2007 San Diego Surf At 2007 Indiana Redbirds              9/18/2007
SD wins a tie for first at least with stunning performance. Bard Best CBA day

Surf               AB R H RBI AVG     Redbirds           AB R H RBI AVG
N.Johnson 1B        5 1 1 2 .274     G.Sizemore CF       5 0 1 2 .281
R.Cano 2B           6 2 1 1 .317     J.Reyes SS          4 0 1 0 .294
D.Wright 3B         6 2 2 2 .345     A.Pujols 1B         3 0 1 0 .349
C.Duncan LF         6 1 1 0 .345     A.Rodriguez DH      3 0 1 0 .301
V.Martinez C        4 4 3 0 .356     J.Posada C          4 0 1 0 .272
J.Dye RF            4 3 2 2 .288     J.Bay LF            4 0 0 0 .279
M.Cuddyer CF        3 3 0 0 .250     M.Cameron RF        4 2 2 0 .263
E.Renteria SS       4 4 3 4 .281     M.Lowell 3B         4 1 2 1 .242
J.Bard DH           6 3 5 11 .299     T.Iguchi 2B         3 1 2 1 .252
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---
         Totals      44 23 18 22                 Totals      34 4 11 4

Surf............ 0 0 8 0 4 4 5 2 0 - 23 18 0
Redbirds........ 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 - 4 11 3

Surf (92-69)             IP       H   R ER BB SO HR PC    ERA
J.Peavy WIN(16-8)         8 1/3 11   4   4   3   9   0 163   4.71
J.Rauch                   0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   6   3.25
Totals                    9      11   4   4   3   9   0

Redbirds (93-68)         IP       H   R ER BB SO HR PC    ERA
J.Smoltz LOSS(10-15)      2       6   5   5   1   2   2 52   4.64
J.Mesa                    3 2/3   8 11 10   6   2   1 116   4.86
T.Tankersley              1 1/3   2   5   5   3   1   1 40   5.53
M.McBride                 0 1/3   2   2   1   1   1   0 25   3.24
P.Neshek                  1 2/3   0   0   0   0   2   0 27   2.21
Totals                    9      18 23 21 11   8   4

ATTENDANCE- 26,149 DATE- Tuesday, September 18th 2007 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Terry Craft, Bruce Dreckman, Eric Cooper, Phil Cuzzi
T- 3:06
LEFT ON BASE- Surf: 6 Redbirds: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Surf: 4 Redbirds: 1
ERRORS- A.Pujols-2, T.Iguchi
DOUBLES- R.Cano(41st), V.Martinez(53rd), E.Renteria(33rd), J.Bard(14th),
         G.Sizemore(46th), J.Posada(24th), M.Cameron(38th), M.Lowell(16th)
HOME RUNS- N.Johnson(15th), D.Wright(29th), J.Bard-2(4th)
STOLEN BASES- J.Reyes(50th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Cano
WALKS- N.Johnson-2, V.Martinez-2, J.Dye-2, M.Cuddyer-3, E.Renteria-2, A.Pujols,
       A.Rodriguez, T.Iguchi
STRIKE OUTS- D.Wright-2, C.Duncan-3, M.Cuddyer-2, J.Bard, G.Sizemore-2, J.Reyes,
             A.Pujols, A.Rodriguez, M.Cameron-2, M.Lowell, T.Iguchi
GIDP- J.Dye, G.Sizemore, A.Rodriguez, J.Posada-2
WILD PITCHES- J.Mesa

Josh Bard smacked 2 homeruns as the San Diego Surf crushed the Indiana
Redbirds 23 to 4.

Bard was unconscious all evening. The Indiana fans hated to see him
approaching the batter's box as he just kept delivering base hits! He singled
which plated a run in the 3rd inning, doubled knocking in a run in the 3rd
inning, delivered a one-base hit which plated a run in the 5th inning,
launched a Grand Slam homerun in the 6th inning and depressed the partisan
hometown fans with a grand slam home run (his 4th of the season) in the 7th
inning. San Diego bats were hot in the 3rd inning with 8 runs on 8 hits and
the 7th inning plating 5 runs. San Diego finished with 18 hits while Indiana
ended up with 11.

The win was credited to Jake Peavy(16-8) who went 8 and 1/3 innings allowing 4
runs. John Smoltz(10-15) was tagged with the loss. He gave up 5 runs in 2
innings of work.

'I had good swings tonight,' Bard said, 'Everything felt right'.

Name and Location
Year	Location
1997-03-01	Hamilton Harbors
1999-03-01	San Diego Surf

Historical record
	WON	LOST
*1997*	74	88
*1998*	98	64
*1999*	88	74
*2000*	89	73
*2001*	75	87
*2002*	61	101
2003	62	100
2004	52	110
*2005*	65	97
*2006*	82	80
*2007*	92	70
*2008*	82	80
*2009*	109	53
2010	95	67
*2011*	122*	40
*2012*	103	59
*2013*	88	74
*2014*	102	60
*2015*	99	63
*2016*	90	72
*2017*	77	85
*2018*	97	65
*2019*	71	91
*2020*	104	58
*2021*	95	67
total .536	2172	1878
Joe Wallace .539	1748	1492

	RECORD			RUNS			BAT AVG		HOME RUNS
Team	WON	LST	PCT	TEAM	OPP	DIFF	TEAM	OPP	TEAM	OPP
SSC	2172	1878	.536	19805	18146	1659	.268	.258	4701	4040


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