For Immediate Release Wednesday, July 29, 2009 Arizona Fall League Announces 2009 Club/Staff Assignments, Divisional Alignments Phoenix, Arizona — Arizona Fall League executive director Steve Cobb announces club and field (managers, pitching coaches, hitting coaches, athletic trainers) assignments and divisional alignments for the 2099 season. Regarded throughout professional baseball as the “finishing school” for Major The Future Of League Baseball’s top prospects, the Arizona Fall League begins its 18th season on Major League Tuesday, October 13. The six-team league, owned and operated by Major League Baseball Now Baseball, plays six days per week (Monday-Saturday) in five Cactus League stadiums (Mesa, Peoria, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Surprise) in the Phoenix metropolitan area. This Facts year’s league, which is returning to an East and West divisional format, concludes with • Over 1,700 former Fall a championship game on Saturday, November 21. Daily start times are 12:35 p.m. and Leaguers have reached the 6:35 p.m. major leagues The Phoenix Desert Dogs, playing in the East Division, seek their sixth consecutive Arizona Fall League title with players from the Baltimore Orioles, Oakland Athletics, • 141 MLB All-Stars including 38 in 2009 Tampa Bay Rays, Toronto Blue Jays, and Washington Nationals. • 6 MLB MVPs •Jason Giambi East Division •Ryan Howard Mesa Solar Sox Phoenix Desert Dogs Scottsdale Scorpions •Justin Morneau (Hohokam Stadium) (Phx. Municipal Stadium) (Scottsdale Stadium) •Dustin Pedroia •Boston Red Sox •Baltimore Orioles •Arizona Diamondbacks •Albert Pujols •Chicago Cubs •Oakland Athletics •Colorado Rockies •Jimmy Rollins •Florida Marlins •Tampa Bay Rays •Philadelphis Phillies • 3 Cy Young Award winners •Los Angeles Angels •Toronto Blue Jays •Pittsburgh Pirates •Chris Carpenter •Minnesota Twins •Washington Nationals •San Francisco Giants •Roy Halladay Manager Manager Manager •Brandon Webb Marquis “Bo” Porter (Marlins) Gary Cathcart (Blue Jays) Jeff Banister (Pirates) • 18 MLB Rookies-of-the-Year Pitching Coach Pitching Coach Pitching Coach Dennis Lewallyn (Cubs) R.C. Lichtenstein (Rays) Bob Milacki (Phillies) • 3 World Series MVPs Hitting Coach Hitting Coach Hitting Coach • 6 All-Star Game MVPs Billy McMillon (Red Sox) Brian McArn (Athletics) Dave Hajek (Rockies) Trainers Trainers Trainers • 40 MLB Silver Sluggers Larry Bennese (Twins) Atushi Toriida (Nationals) Nick Oldroyd (D’backs) • 33 MLB Gold Glove Awards Brian Reinker (Angels) Pat Wesley (Orioles) Eric Ortega (Giants) • 8 MLB batting champions West Division • 12 MLB season hits leaders Peoria Javelinas Peoria Saguaros Surprise Rafters • 5 MLB season RBI leaders (Peoria Stadium) (Peoria Stadium) (Surprise Stadium) •Chicago White Sox •Atlanta Braves •Kansas City Royals • 2 MLB season homer leaders •Detroit Tigers •Cleveland Indians •New York Mets • 9 MLB season stolen-base leaders •Los Angeles Dodgers •Cincinnati Reds •New York Yankees •Milwaukee Brewers •Houston Astros •St. Louis Cardinals • 24 MLB managers •Seattle Mariners •San Diego Padres •Texas Rangers • 31 MLB umpires Manager Manager Manager Kevin Bradshaw (Tigers) David Bell (Reds) Brian Rupp (Royals) • 76 administrators serving Pitching Coach Pitching Coach Pitching Coach the baseball industry Fred Dabney (Brewers) Don Alexander (Astros) Tom Phelps (Yankees) Hitting Coach Hitting Coach Hitting Coach Gary Ward (White Sox) Tom Tornincasa (Padres) Brant Brown (Rangers) Phoenix Municipal Trainers Trainers Trainers Stadium Yosuke Nakajima (Dodgers) Allan Chase (Braves) Joe Golia (Mets) 5999 E. Van Buren Matt Toth (Mariners) Chad Wolfe (Indians) Jay Pierson (Cardinals) Phoenix, AZ 85008 Office: 602.681.9362 — afl — FAX: 602.681.9363 Media Contact: Paul Jensen ([email protected], 480.710.8201) www.mlbfallball.com