Atlantic City Surf
The
Atlantic City Surf are an Atlantic League
baseball team based in
Atlantic City, New Jersey. Since the 1998 season, they have played in the South Division of the
Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, which is not affilitated with
Major League Baseball.
Prior to the founding of the Surf, Atlantic City had gone 66 years without professional baseball. The
Bacharach Giants played in the
Eastern Colored League from
1923 to the league's folding during the
1928 season, winning the league in
1926 and
1927. They continued in the
American Negro League in 1929 and were independent until they folded as a professional team in 1932.
The Surf won the first-ever Atlantic League championship in
1998.
Bacharach Giants
Atlantic City was home to the
Bacharach Giants between the years 1916 and 1932. The Giants were originally the Duval Giants, playing in
Jacksonville, Florida, until they moved to Atlantic City in 1916, where they assumed the name of Bacharach Giants after the city's mayor, Harry Bacharach. They were independent from 1916 to 1922 and from 1930 to 1933, members of the
Eastern Colored League from 1923 to 1928, affiliated with the
American Negro League in 1929, and spent their last season in the Negro National League in 1932. They won two pennants with the leadership of
Dick Lundy and such excellent players as
Oliver Marcelle,
Smokey Joe Williams,
John Henry Lloyd, and Arthur "Rats" Henderson.
Atlantic City Surf
In 1998, sixty-six years after the Bacharach Giants folded, the brand-new
Atlantic League of Professional Baseball placed a team in
Atlantic City, New Jersey. The new team was called the Surf, and proceeded to win the league's first-ever Championship Series over the
Bridgeport Bluefish, winning three games out of four. They made it to the post-season in the 2002, 2004, and 2005 seasons, but were eliminated early by the
Newark,
Camden, and
Somerset teams.
Post-Season Results*1998: Defeated
Bridgeport Bluefish, 3 games to 1, for league Championship
*2002: Lost to
Newark Bears, 2 games to 1, in opening round
*2004: Lost to
Camden Riversharks, 2 games to 0, in opening round
*2005: Lost to
Somerset Patriots, 2 games to 1, in opening round
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Current uniform colors: White with navy pinstripes for home games and navy for away games. The home jersey has an interlocking "AC" centered on the left and number on the back. The away jersey has the wordmark "Surf" in teal with white and purple outline. Navy blue hats with the interlocking letters "AC" in white with teal outline. :
Current logo design: The word "Surf" in script in teal with navy, purple, and white outline. :
Current mascot: Splash (1998-present).:
Current Broadcasters: Radio: John Leon (home and some road games), Mike DiDomenico (games that John Leon cannot cover on the road):
Current Radio Station: WLFR-FM 91.7, Richard Stockton College
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