USD Baseball 2000

San Diego, California - AMERICA'S FINEST CITY

San Diego is truly "Ame rica '.s- Fines! City." A modem metropolis (second largest in Califo rnia) and a popula r _,·ea r-round reso rt, San Diego spreads .fiwn the coast to 1he deser/, including cl(ffs , mesas, hills, canyons and va lleys. San Diego a lso surrounds one ofCa lifo rnia\ g rea /est na/ura l harbo rs which has been a dmni– nant fa cto r in de1erm ining th e cily '.I- histo ry, econom_r and de ,·elop – men l. Meteo rolog isrs claim San Diego as !he coun1n· \ only a rea with p e1f ec1 cli11101e. This idea l year-round em-ironmen l pos/s w1 average dayrime tempera 1ure of 70 deg rees, wi1!, an annua l rain– f a ll ave rage of less 1han 10 inches. Most days a re sunny, with humidity genera lly low, even in the summe1'. Th e clima te, a 11 rac– tive setting and recrea tiona l f acili1ies make San Diego "America '.~ Fin es / City."

A cco rd ing to Spo rrs 1//us trated , "For shee r numbe rs ofpa rtic ipants, di ve r– sity ofpursuils of in vol vement, San Diego must rank as th e sports ft rn ess capital of the U.S." Sports are a maj o r.feature of the Son Diego lifes1y /e. One con sa il, swim , surf; scuba di ,·e, snorkel. wind- su1f on 70 miles of public beach or go lf a t any of th e o,•er80 golf courses th roughout the county. Ba/boo Pork, a I , I 58-acre rec rea tion and culture,/ cent er; rlfe rs 25 lennis cour/s, two grmnosiums, l\\'O municipa l golf courses, 011d one c~f the 11a 1ion \.f111es1:oos. M iss ion Bor Park is o 4,600-ocre p lo_rg round fo r jogging, fis hing, hicv c/ing, tenn is, go(J: j et skiing 011d k it e .fl_ri11 g.

As 11•ell as pa r1ic ipo ti11g in rec reotiono l oc1i1·i1ies, San Diego suppon s !heir p rofessio110I 1eo111s - the N FL Charg e rs 011d the No 1io110 I League Padres p/a ,· 01 Quo lco111111 S1od iw n. During college foo/lJC1II bo 1i- / 11·ee k , So n Di ego 0 1111uoll_r lwsrs 1he Ho lida_r Bm i-1. During 1998, Quo /co111111 Swdi11111 l,os1ecl 1he Super Bm ,•I go111e he111 ·ee11 De11 ,·er 011 d Green Bo_r, ond 11w re rece111/_r the 1998 Wo rld Se ries he111 ·ee11 the San Diego Poe/res and 1l1e Ne11 · Yori-: Yo11 /.:ees. Who1e1 ·er sporting oc1i1 ·– i1_r 1/1ere is. ii\- here in Son Diego - the Spo rl.1 Copiw l of" t/1 e U.S.A.

San Diego Padres, National League

Champions, 1998, 1984

San Diego Chargers AFC Champions, 1994