The Orlando Juice was one of the eight original franchises that began play in the Senior Professional Baseball Association

Senior Professional Baseball Association

The Senior Professional Baseball Association was a winter baseball league based in Florida for players age 35 and over . The league began play in 1989 and had eight teams in two divisions and a 72 game schedule...

 in 1989. In the league's inaugural season, the Juice finished third in the Northern Division, narrowly missing the playoffs. Pitcher Pete Falcone

Pete Falcone

Peter Frank "Pete" Falcone , is a left-handed former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1975–84.-High school and college:...

 anchored the club's pitching staff with a 10-3 record. After their first season, the Orlando Juice ceased operations.

Home Ballpark: Tinker Field

Manager: Gates Brown

Gates Brown

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Player/Coaches: Dyar Miller

Dyar Miller

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, Bill Stein

Bill Stein

William Allen "Bill" Stein is a retired professional baseball player and manager. His playing career spanned 17 seasons, 14 of which were spent in Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals , the Chicago White Sox , the Seattle Mariners , and the Texas Rangers...

1989 Opening Day Roster:

PITCHERS: Roy Branch

Roy Branch

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, Doug Corbett

Doug Corbett

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, Mike Cosgrove, Jamie Easterly

Jamie Easterly

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, Pete Falcone

Pete Falcone

Peter Frank "Pete" Falcone , is a left-handed former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1975–84.-High school and college:...

, Bob Galasso

Bob Galasso

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, Dyar Miller

Dyar Miller

Dyar K Miller is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles, California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, and New York Mets.-References:...

, Gil Rondon, Bob Shirley

Bob Shirley

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, Paul Siebert

Paul Siebert

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, Jackson Todd

Jackson Todd

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 (also with St. Lucie)

CATCHERS: Bruce Bochy

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, Sal Butera

Sal Butera

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INFIELDERS: Larvell Blanks

Larvell Blanks

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, Bill Madlock

Bill Madlock

Bill "Mad Dog" Madlock, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball player. From 1973 to 1987, Madlock was a right-handed hitter who won several National League batting titles. His record of four batting titles as a third baseman would be eclipsed in 1988 by Wade Boggs. Since 1970, only Tony Gwynn has...

 (also with St. Lucie), Tom Paciorek

Tom Paciorek

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, Ken Reitz

Ken Reitz

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, Bill Stein

Bill Stein

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, U.L. Washington

U L Washington

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OUTFIELDERS: Ike Blessitt

Ike Blessitt

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, Jose Cruz, Johnny Grubb

Johnny Grubb

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, Ken Landreaux

Ken Landreaux

Kenneth Francis Landreaux is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball.After graduating from Dominguez High School in Compton, California, Landreaux carried on his education at Arizona State University before joining the California Angels in...

 (also with St. Petersburg), Sixto Lezcano

Sixto Lezcano

Sixto Joaquin Lezcano Curras is a retired baseball player who played for 12 seasons as an outfielder in the Major Leagues between 1974 and 1985. He played for 5 different teams in the Majors and won a Gold Glove during his career.Lezcano was originally signed as an amateur in 1970 by the...

Other Players: Randy Bass

Randy Bass

is a former American baseball player and current politician. He is less notable for his career in Major League Baseball than for his success in Japan's Hanshin Tigers of Central League, where he had the most spectacular run of any American to ever play in Japan...

, Jack Billingham

Jack Billingham

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, Vida Blue

Vida Blue

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 (also with St. Lucie), Steve Busby

Steve Busby

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, Wayne Granger

Wayne Granger

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, Bake McBride

Bake McBride

Arnold Ray "Bake" McBride , also nicknamed "Shake n' Bake" and "The Callaway Kid", is a former Major League Baseball outfielder, known primarily as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies' teams of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He made his major league debut for the St...

 (also with St. Petersburg), Larry Milbourne

Larry Milbourne

Lawrence William "Larry" Milbourne is a retired professional baseball player whose career spanned 15 seasons, 11 of which were spent in Major League Baseball with the Houston Astros , the Seattle Mariners , the New York Yankees , the Minnesota Twins , the Cleveland Indians , and...

 (also with St. Lucie, Gold Coast), Mike Vail

Mike Vail

Michael Lewis Vail is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played from 1975-1984....

, Brian Ketcham