ballplayers Ken McMullen and Jim Colborn, along with an erstwhile mortician named Jim Biby, acquired an option to purchase and relocate the dormant Crushers franchise for the 1986 season. Their plan was to build a 3,000-seat econo park in Camarillo, an hour north of Los Angeles. McMullen and Co. ended up obtaining the Crushers for $125,0001 although the ballpark project fell through where they were forced to seek temporary accommodations at Ventura College’s baseball stadium, which had no lights and prohibited the sale of alcohol, therefore all 72 Ventura County Gulls home games were afternoon matinees. With no beer. Major league alumni All players are listed in alphabetical order by their surname, with the year they played for the Ventura County Gulls in parentheses. Kevin Batiste (1986) Gerónimo Berroa (1986) Domingo Martinez (1986) José Mesa (1986) Enrique Burgos (1986) Francisco Cabrera (1986) Jeff Musselman (1986) Greg Myers (1986) Carlos Diaz (1986) Rob Ducey (1986) Todd Stottlemyre (1986) David Wells (1986) Dave Walsh (1986) Eric Yelding (1986) Team manager was Glenn Ezell and the pitching coach was Jim Colborn. Season-by-season record References External links Stats Crew Ventura County Gulls Defunct baseball teams in California 01 Sports in Ventura County, California Defunct California League teams Toronto Blue Jays minor league affiliates Baseball teams disestablished in 1986 Baseball teams established in 1986