The Modesto Nuts
are a minor league baseball team in Modesto, California, USA. They are a "high-A" class team in the California League and a farm team of the Colorado Rockies. The Modesto Nuts play home games at John Thurman Field. Opened in 1955 and renovated in 1997, the park seats 4,000 fans. In March of 2007 the Modesto Nuts installed a new video scoreboard and made improvements to the infield playing surface.
The Nuts adopted their current name in 2005, after the team's affiliation with the Oakland Athletics ended. Before then, the team was known as the Modesto Athletics
(or A's
). The new name was chosen to reflect the several types of nuts that are grown in this region of California.
The flagship radio station of the Modesto Nuts is KESP, Am 970 ESPN Radio. Greg Young does play-by-play for all home and away games, and Modesto Bee sports writer Brian VanderBeek does color commentary in the middle innings of most home games. The play-by-play position was formerly held by Joshua Suchon, who now works for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
On June 2, 2006, manager Chad Kreuter resigned to become the head baseball coach of the University of Southern California. Kreuter replaced his father-in-law, Mike Gillespie.
In Spring 2008, the team was the subject of Bush League TV's short internet video "Bush League 101: How to Bush League a Bush League Baseball Team." The Bush League TV team plans to have a tailgate at a road game in June.
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| Modesto Nuts vs. San Jose Giants Tickets 4/4 | Apr 04, 2025
Fri, 6:40 PM |  | | Modesto Nuts vs. San Jose Giants Tickets 4/5 | Apr 05, 2025
Sat, 6:40 PM | | | Modesto Nuts vs. San Jose Giants Tickets 4/6 | Apr 06, 2025
Sun, 1:40 PM | | | Lake Elsinore Storm vs. Modesto Nuts Tickets 4/8 | Apr 08, 2025
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