2021 Season
The Yardbirds are preparing to return to Adelanto Stadium for 2021 season.
2020 Season
The Season was lost to COVID-19 the Pecos League did not play in California.
2019 Season
On March 6, 2019 The City of Adelanto agrees to pay Mavericks $3.8 million.
In 2019 Adelanto Stadium was transformed from a baseball stadium into the events center that the City of Adelanto has hoped for.
Adelanto Stadium removed the baseball diamond and installed an all grass playing surface for the new soccer team.
The team used a portable mound. Players originally questioned the surface but it actually played ok for 1/2 of the season.
On 7/15/2019 with three weeks left in the 2019 season the Pecos League moved the rest of the High Desert Yardbirds home games on the road.
The cost of operating in Adelanto Stadium in combination with virtually no attendence was the reason for the move.
The Yardbirds played their last home game of the 2019 season on 7/14/2019 against the Tucson Saguaros.
After the loss of the lawsuit against the Mavericks the City was done with baseball.
The Yardbirds were in first place when the move happened.
2018 Season
After the 2017 Calendar Year, The City of Adelanto ended their one year deal with the SBC Fairgrounds and awarded the contract to a management group of Darrel Courtney and Aaron Korn.
In 2018 the Yardbirds played with decreased attendence and did not qualify for the playoffs. At the end of the season the team was doomed.
Beginning in 2018, Adelanto's Management group were minority owners of a new soccer team and they ripped up the baseball surface and installed an all grass field.
Many questioned whether baseball would return in 2018.
With the looming lawsuit with the Mavericks and the excitement of a soccer team coming to the High Desert.
(The city signed a deal with Aaron Korn and Darrel Courtney to take over the stadium operations.)
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Inaugural 2017 Season
The High Desert Yardbirds were an integral part of Pecos League History and were part of the five team Pacific Division expansion in 2017.
It was one of two major cities in the Pecos League in 2017 along with Bakersfield.
The City of Adelanto had affliated baseball in the California League since 1991 with the High Desert Mavericks.
The City of Adelanto became unhappy with their free $1 per year lease and attempted to remove the team from the stadium
(Adelanto to evict High Desert Mavericks from city-owned stadium).
Adelanto Stadium was a potentially valuable event center and it is was the only asset the city had.
But the City wasn't allowed to use it because of the Mavericks free lease.
The Mavericks did not work with the city to bring outside events. Finally, MILB stepped in and contracted both Bakersfield and High Desert.
(Minor League Baseball Contracts the California League moving Bakersfield and High Desert to the Carolina League).
The left a total change for Adelanto Stadium, the city faced lawsuits from the Mavericks owners for violating their lease.
(The Pecos League would partner with the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds, which will manage and oversee game-day operations of the team, the release stated. It also will provide in-game and on-field, nonbaseball entertainment.)
The High Desert Yardbirds won the 2017 Pecos League Title in their first season as the only independent baseball team in Southern California.
At the end of the season the City terminated their relationship with the San Bernardino County Fairgrounds.
High Desert is a name used to define geographic areas of southern California deserts that are above 2,000 feet (609.9m), and below 4,000 feet (1219.2m) in altitude.
The High Desert generally refers to areas of the Mojave Desert. The term "High Desert" is used commonly by the news media, especially in weather forecasts, because of the high desert's unique and moderate weather patterns compared to its low desert neighbors.
High Desert has also been incorporated into the names of businesses and organizations in these areas.
The term is used commonly to refer to Joshua Tree National Park, Twentynine Palms, and the Morongo Basin. However, the High Desert typically will be described as extending as far north as Victorville, California, and Lancaster areas, and as far northwest as Palmdale, and north to the Barstow, California desert and beyond.
The term "High Desert" serves to differentiate it from southern California's Low Desert, which is defined by the differences in elevation, climate, animal life, and vegetation native to these regions.
About Adelanto Stadium.
It was built in 1991, when the High Desert Mavericks came into the Cal League.
The Stadium has been known as Mavericks Stadium, a city-owned $6.5 million facility, opened on April 23, 1991.
The green of the baseball diamond sharply contrasts the surrounding desert landscape.
Fan support in the High Desert was a Minor League success story in their first year. In 1991, the Mavericks became the first team in the California League to draw over 200,000 fans in one season.
In 1996, the Mavericks drew their one-millionth fan, becoming one of the fastest teams to reach that milestone.
It is known as an extraordinarily hitter-friendly ballpark.
The High Desert Mavericks (Texas Rangers Affliate) won the Cal League in 2016 which was their last year.
The High Desert Mavericks and Bakersfield Blaze teams were removed from the Cal League and moved the Carolina League to Fayetteville, NC and Kinston, NC.