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| current league = Florida State League | conference = | division = South Division | majorleague = Minnesota Twins (–present) | pastmajorleague = | nickname = Fort Myers Miracle | pastnames = | ballpark = Hammond Stadium (1992–Present) | pastparks = | leaguenum = 6 | leaguechamps = | divnum = 3 | divisionchamps = *First Half (4) *Second Half (4) | owner = SJS Beacon/ Goldklang Group | manager = Jeff Smith | gm = Andrew Seymour }} The Fort Myers Miracle is the Class A Advanced minor league baseball affiliate of the Minnesota Twins Major League Baseball club, based in Fort Myers, Florida and currently managed by Jeff Smith. Home games are played at the CenturyLink Sports Complex in Hammond Stadium, which has a capacity of 7,500, and opened in . The park is also used as the Minnesota Twins' Spring Training facility. Prior to Twins Spring Training and the 2014 Florida State League season, Phase I of a two-part renovation was completed with the addition of an outfield boardwalk. The second phase of the renovation, which includes new sky suites, concessions, wider concourses and new offices for the Miracle staff, will be completed before Spring Training in 2015. Due to the start of construction on Phase II in August 2014, the Miracle played the final 10 home dates, including playoffs, at JetBlue Park. The majority owner is SJS Beacon, a privately held company managed by Jason Hochberg, who purchased the club from the Goldklang Group at the beginning of the season. Musician Jimmy Buffett and actor Bill Murray were minority owners of the team. ==History== The Miracle franchise was founded in , as the Fort Myers Palms. One year later, the team moved to Miami, Florida and were renamed the Miami Hustlers. The team became temporarily inactive, with the rest of the Florida State League, midway through the season. Even though the Florida State League resumed play in , the Hustlers remained inactive until they were reactivated by the FSL during the – offseason to serve as the Class D affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. The team was renamed the Miami Marlins in honor of the original Marlins of the Triple-A International League who had moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico (and subsequently Charleston, South Carolina) following the season. In , there was a restructuring of the classification system of all Minor League Baseball, which resulted in the FSL changing from Class D to its current status of Class A-Advanced. They became a Baltimore Orioles affiliate in , and were renamed the Miami Orioles after their MLB parent club from –. Upon the Baltimore Orioles' severing of their affiliation with the Miami Orioles following the 1981 season, the franchise reverted to the Marlins name and participated in the FSL season as an independent entry. Without a Major League affiliate, this team was composed of undrafted players from the area, free agents from various organizations and players on loan from the Baltimore Orioles, San Diego Padres, and Oakland A's organizations. The following season the Miami Marlins became a San Diego Padres affiliate. This partnership lasted two years and the Marlins were without a parent club for the season. They filled their roster with ten former major leaguers looking to rejuvenate their careers with only Dennis Martinez returning to the majors. In 1986, the team moved away from former major leaguers to bring in Japanese stars. In 1988, the team began the season at Bobby Maduro Miami Stadium, but moved later in the season to the Miami-Hialeah Lakes High School field. The Marlins had per-game attendance totals of approximately 100 fans.〔 On , the South Florida Baseball Club Limited Partnership purchased the Marlins and were renamed the Miami Miracle. They moved the team from which the team had called home for the vast majority of its time in South Florida, to Florida International University's University Park with some games to be held at Key West High School.〔〔 South Florida BC LP consisted of Stuart Revo, managing partner, Marvin Goldklang, South Florida commercial real estate developer Michael M. Adler; Potamkin Television, New Age Broadcasting automobile dealership group Potamkin Companies president Alan Potamkin; Sillerman-Magee Communication Management Corp. CEO Robert Sillerman, actor Bill Murray and recording artist Jimmy Buffett. E.J. Narcise was name general manager. While having a partial affiliation with the Cleveland Indians and the Tokyo Giants of the Japanese league, the Miracle were considered an independent entry in the FSL.〔 The team only received 9 players from the Indians for the 1989 season and had to scramble to find players like pitcher Longo Garcia who was released by the San Francisco Giants organization having been a tenth round draft pick. Jim Gattis was named manager by April 1989.〔 The Miracle were sold again a year later to the Marv Goldklang Group. Mike Veeck (son of Hall of Fame inductee Bill Veeck, and author of the book, ''Fun is Good'') also became part owner of the organization while Murray and Buffett still maintained their shares as well. In 1990, the team moved again, playing its home games at Pompano Beach Municipal Stadium. The team spent two seasons in Pompano Beach with future big league skipper Fredi Gonzalez at the helm.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fredi Gonzalez Minor League Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com )〕 In , with the impending arrival of MLB's Florida Marlins, the Goldklang Group returned the Miracle to Fort Myers. The Miracle operated as a co-op club with the Minnesota Twins that season, and became a full Twins affiliate a year later. The current Player Development Contract runs through 2018.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Miracle, Twins extend Player Development Contract through 2018=www.miraclebaseball.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fort Myers Miracle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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