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Coverage of the revived Indians, plus articles about the club's history going back to the 1940s. Links open on the publisher's site.
The new Indians (2024–)
- Santa Maria Times · Jun 20, 2026Strikeouts, missed opportunities cost Santa Maria Indians in loss to Coastal Dodgers
A 3-2 loss at Elks Field, with the LA Juggernauts up next on a Friday night and Saturday morning.
- Santa Maria Times · Ryan Kuhn · Jun 4, 2026Santa Maria Indians summer baseball team provides opportunity for college players
Jimmy Melena's revived Indians enter their first season as a California Collegiate League affiliate, with 35 mostly Central Coast players and nine home dates at Elks Field.
- Santa Maria Times · Aug 15, 2025Sports in brief: Santa Maria Outlaws baseball team seeking donations
Fall Ball sign-ups through Jimmy Melena and the Santa Maria Indians Baseball Club.
- Santa Maria Times · Aug 15, 2024Sports in brief: Fall ball season sponsored
The club's Fall Ball season for high school players at Elks Field, with tryouts Tuesdays and Thursdays.
- Santa Maria Times · Kenny Cress · Jul 15, 2024Santa Maria Indians sweep another doubleheader
Back-to-back shutouts at Morrison Field push the 2024 Indians to 8-6 after an 0-7 start.
- Santa Maria Times · Jul 8, 2024Santa Maria Indians score a sweep
Doubleheader sweep during the 2024 comeback season.
- Santa Maria Times · Kenny Cress · Jun 17, 2024Santa Maria Indians swept in opening home series
The Indians' first home series at Elks Field in years, and the start of the club's return to Santa Maria.
- Baseball-Reference · Jan 1, 2024Santa Maria Indians (Baseball-Reference Bullpen)
Reference page for the historic franchise.
- Wikipedia · Jan 1, 2024Santa Maria Indians (Wikipedia)
Encyclopedia entry covering the 1944-2008 club, its NBC World Series title, and MLB alumni.
History & legacy
- Santa Maria Sun · Aug 1, 2019Keeping history alive: former Santa Maria Indians players share their stories at Valley Speaks
Alumni of the original Indians gather to tell the team's story.
- Santa Maria Times · Shirley Contreras · Apr 1, 2018Play ball! Baseball came to Santa Maria in 1882
How baseball took root in the Santa Maria Valley, decades before the Indians.
- KEYT · May 7, 2015Remembering the Santa Maria Indians
Butch Simas, Scoop Nunes, the 1982 NBC World Series title, and the players who grew up at Elks Field.
- Santa Maria Sun · Jeremy Thomas · May 31, 2012Requiem for a team
The franchise's move to Templeton and what the Indians meant to Santa Maria.
- Santa Maria Times · Jun 1, 2010Indians' past in the spotlight
A look back at the Tribe's semi-pro and collegiate eras.
- Santa Maria Times · Dec 24, 2009After 65 seasons, Santa Maria Indians go missing
The first summer without Indians baseball in Santa Maria since the 1940s.
- Santa Maria Sun · Jeremy Thomas · Apr 7, 2009And they're out?
The 2009 shutdown of the original club.
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