Atlantic City Surf
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| Location: | Atlantic City, NJ |
| Established: | 1998 |
| MLB Affiliation: | None |
| League: | Can-Am League |
| Level: | Independent |
| Ballpark: | Bernie Robbins Stadium |
| Championships: | 1998 |
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Team History
The Atlantic City Surf baseball team is based in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Since the 2007 season, they have played in the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball, an independent league, not affiliated with Major League Baseball. From the 1998-2006 seasons, they played in the South Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
While in the Atlantic League, The Surf won the first-ever Atlantic League championship in 1998 while also hosting the inaugural Atlantic League All-Star game. The game consisted of the Surf taking on representatives from all other teams in the league. To date, that was their best season in both attendance and on-field performance.
Former Surf Players
Teams and Records
- 2007 51-41 Manager: Chris Carminucci
Attendance
- 2007.....105,149...2,103 per game
Current Roster
Field Management
- Manager - Chris Carminucci
Front Office
- Managing Partner - Mark Schuster
- President, Director of Baseball Operations - Chris Carminucci
- Front Office Staff
Awards
League Champions
- 1998 - Defeated Bridgeport Bluefish, 3 games to 1, for the Atlantic League Championship
Manager of the Year
- 2007 - Chris Carminucci
Trivia
- The Atlantic City Surf set a single game Can-Am League attendance record on Tuesday, July 3rd. 6,577 fans were in attendance at Bernie Robbins Stadium to watch the Surf take on the New Jersey Jackals.
Bernie Robbins Stadium
Bernie Robbins Stadium is a 5,500-seat baseball-only stadium in Atlantic City, New Jersey that opened in 1998. It was built as the home of the Atlantic City Surf baseball team.
The stadium is located on Albany Avenue, near the eastern terminus of U.S. Highway 40 and several blocks inland from the famous Boardwalk and casino strip. The casinos are clearly visible from the seating areas and create a particularly attractive view at night.
When the park first opened, the seating sections were named for the various properties on the U.S. version of the Monopoly board, which took its names from the streets of Atlantic City and surrounding towns. However, saying "I'm sitting in Pacific Avenue" was not sufficiently descriptive, and so the seating sections have now been assigned numbers, as at most other stadiums.
