Orlando Juice

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| name = Orlando Juice

| firstseason = 1989

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| city = Orlando, Florida

| logo = Orlando Juice (SPBA).gif

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| past class level = Independent Winter League

| league = Senior Professional Baseball Association

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| division = Northern Division

| owner = Philip J. Breen

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| pastparks = Tinker Field

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The Orlando Juice was one of the eight original franchises that began playing in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989. The team was managed by Gates Brown, while Dyar Miller and Bill Stein served as player-coaches.[http://www.funwhileitlasted.net/tag/orljui89-90/ Orlando Juice history] The club was owned by Philip J. Breen, a mortgage executive who disappeared in 1990 after he was accused of embezzling over $10 million dollars from a Detroit business.{{cite news |title=Sports |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i6gcAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA66&dq |access-date=13 June 2025 |work=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |date=January 26, 1990}}

In their inaugural season, the Juice finished third in the Northern Division with a 37–35 record, narrowly missing the playoffs. The team had a slow start with Brown at the helm (9–12), but improved in the midseason (28–23) under Miller's management.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}

Pitcher Pete Falcone anchored the club's pitching staff with a 10–3 record, and Bob Galasso contributed with a 9–2 mark and topped the staff with a 2.67 ERA. The offensive was led by José Cruz, who hit a .306 average with a team-best 10 home runs and 49 runs batted in, while Randy Bass batted .393 and drove in 27 runs. Nevertheless, the Orlando Juice ceased operations at the end of the season.