BB&K business attorney Margaret “Peggy” Hosking recently closed the sale of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, one of the premiere minor league baseball teams and an affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. 

Hosking represented the current owner of the Quakes - Valley Baseball, Inc. -  in negotiations with the buyer group, which was led by Hall of Famer George Brett, former 3^rd baseman for the Kansas City Royals, and his brother, Bobby Brett.

The Brett family controls several minor league sports teams across the country, including the Bellingham Bells of the West Coast League and the Spokane Chiefs hockey club of the Western Hockey League. During a press conference discussing the sale, Bobby Brett likened the Quakes to the Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees in the major leagues.

The sale closed Aug. 7 after approval was gained by the California League, Minor League Baseball and Major League Baseball. Hosking negotiated the sale of the team as well as the sale of the related concession company. Randi Walseth, a BB&K paralegal, was instrumental in assisting with due diligence on the deal, Hosking said.

Valley Baseball is led by Hank Stinkney, who is a longtime client of BB&K attorney Brian Reider in Ontario. Reider referred the handling of the sale to George Reyes and Hosking in the firm’s Riverside office.

Stinkney had moved the Quakes in 1993 from San Bernardino to Rancho Cucamonga, where the team has led the league in attendance every season. The team plays in the Epicenter, so named because the stadium sits in the San Bernardino County town of Rancho Cucamonga near earthquake faults.