The Bend Elks are an amateur baseball

Amateur baseball in the United States

Amateur baseball is a form of baseball in which the players either are not paid for playing, or receive only a modest stipend or employment arranged by the team's boosters...

 team from Bend

Bend, Oregon

Bend is a city in and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States, and the principal city of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bend is Central Oregon's largest city, and, despite its modest size, is the de facto metropolis of the region, owing to the low population...

, Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

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The team is a founding member of the wooden-bat West Coast League

West Coast League

The West Coast League is a collegiate summer baseball league founded in 2005, comprising teams from Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. The league is designed to develop college talent. As such, only current college players are allowed to participate in the league...

, a collegiate summer baseball league in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

 that began play in 2005. The Elks play their home games at Vince Genna Stadium

Vince Genna Stadium

Vince Genna Stadium is a stadium in Bend, Oregon which opened in 1946. It is primarily used for baseball, currently college summer baseball league games and area American Legion baseball games....

. The team began play in 2000, and holds most of the league attendance records. In 2010 the Elks made the final round of the WCL playoffs for the first time, and set the highest in-league attendance in history. In 2011 the Elks again set the attendance record, besting their earlier record partway through the season.

The Elks' most notable alumnus is current Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

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 outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury

Jacoby Ellsbury

Jacoby McCabe Ellsbury ; born September 11, 1983) is an American professional baseball center fielder with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball....

, who played for the team in the summer of 2002.