Tornado Balashikha
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Tornado Balashikha Baseball Team (In Russian: Бейсбольный Клуб Торнадо Балашиха) is a Russian professional baseball team from Balashikha at Moscow Oblast. The team has competed in the Russian Championship since its inception and is the all time winner of the Russian championship (10 in total) and also qualified for the European Cup playoffs in the 2008 season.
History[edit]
The team was formed in 1999 and in the 2000 season finished third in the championship and a year later qualified for the final but failed to win the championship. However, in the 2002 season it won its first national championship and became the team that holds the most championship titles, winning ten championships in the following decade, of which six consecutive wins and then four more consecutive wins.
However, the team weakened further and did not return to its debut position in the Russian league.
Jon Bernthal studied at the Moscow Art Theater and during his school years he played for Tornado.
Honours[edit]
- Russian Baseball Championship
- Winner (10): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
- Runner-up (1): 2001
- 3rd place (2): 2000
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