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Wilmington Blue Rocks

**Wilmington Blue Rocks**

The **Wilmington Blue Rocks** are a Minor League Baseball team located in Wilmington, Delaware. Beginning in 2021, they will play in the South Atlantic League as the High-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals.

## Franchise History

The Blue Rocks played in the Carolina League, an advanced Single-A league in minor league baseball, from 1993 to 2020. The name "Blue Rocks" was chosen because of the blue granite found along the Brandywine River in Wilmington. The Blue Rocks play at Judy Johnson Field at Daniel S. Frawley Stadium in Wilmington's growing Riverfront district and was instrumental in bringing commerce and public attention to the once ignored and dilapidated area of the city.

The Blue Rocks played their first season in 1993 when the Peninsula Pilots were purchased and relocated to the riverfront in Wilmington, Delaware. Principal owner Frank Boulton and co-owner Bud Harrelson bought the franchise in 1992, moved the team from Hampton, Virginia, and changed their affiliation from the Seattle Mariners' farm system to the Kansas City Royals'. When the franchise moved to Wilmington in 1993, the ballpark was known as Legends Stadium, after the sports legends of Delaware. After Frawley, the Wilmington mayor who played a major role in the creation of the team, died while playing a recreational basketball game, the stadium was renamed Daniel S. Frawley Stadium in his honor.

The Blue Rocks have always been a Kansas City farm team, except for the 2005 and 2006 seasons when the team was affiliated with the Boston Red Sox.

In 2005, the Blue Rocks were featured in SportsCenter's 50 States in 50 Days. Matt Winer reported from a set in left field where Sportscenter did stories on the many mascots of the Blue Rocks. The Aug. 19 game featuring SportsCenter drew the Blue Rocks' largest crowd in team history.

The Blue Rocks played host to the 2014 California/Carolina League All Star Game, having previously hosted the game last 12 years earlier in 2002. The California League All Stars ousted the Carolina League All Stars 3-2. Kyle Waldrop of the Bakersfield Blaze took home the game's MVP award.

On July 15, 2019; Jonathan Bowlan pitched the second no-hitter in franchise history against the Carolina Mudcats. He struck out nine batters, walking none on 97 pitches.

The Blue Rocks won the 2019 Mills Cup Championship for the first time since 1999, closing a five-game series with the Fayetteville Woodpeckers with a 2-0 victory on September 14, 2019.

In December 2020, the Blue Rocks were officially invited to become an affiliate of the Washington Nationals, joining the Nationals' minor league system beginning with the 2021 season. In further conjunction with Major League Baseball's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Blue Rocks were organized into the 12-team High-A East.

The Blue Rocks have three mascots. One is Rocky Bluewinkle, a blue moose. Another is Mr. Celery, a stalk of celery that comes out to "Song 2" by Blur when Wilmington scores a run, and dances and tosses stalks of celery into the crowd whenever a Blue Rocks player scores a run. Finally, there is Rubble, a giant blue rock.
York Revolution

**York Revolution**

The **York Revolution** is an American professional baseball team based in York, Pennsylvania. It is a member of the North Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, an independent "partner league" of Major League Baseball. The Revolution has played its home games at PeoplesBank Park, located in the Arch Street neighborhood, since 2007. The team has won the league championship three times, most recently over the Long Island Ducks on September 29, 2017.

Before the Revolution's inaugural season, baseball fans in York had waited 38 years for the return of the sport since the York White Roses folded after the 1969 season. In 2006, Yorkers chose the name "Revolution" in a team-sponsored fan ballot. The name originally referred to the city's colonial heritage, especially because the Continental Congress passed the Articles of Confederation in York during the Revolutionary War. At the time of the American Revolution, York was one of the first capitals of the United States. In 2012, the Revolution unveiled a new brand to emphasize York's more recent contributions to the Industrial Revolution with a secondary emphasis on patriotism. The region is home to industrial manufacturers such as Harley-Davidson, Stauffer's, and York International/Johnson Controls. Many Yorkers also see the Revolution name as a symbol of the city's renaissance efforts.
Mid-Atlantic League

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The **Mid-Atlantic League** was a planned Minor League Baseball league which will operate in the Mid-Atlantic and Mid-South regions of the United States beginning in 2021. The twelve-team circuit with a north and south division will be one of four leagues at the High Single-A classification, three steps below Major League Baseball (MLB), under MLB's 2021 reorganization of the minors.
Triple-A All-Star Game

The **Triple-A All-Star Game** is an annual baseball game sanctioned by Minor League Baseball between professional players from the two affiliated Triple-A Leagues. When last held in 2019, these leagues were the International League (IL) and Pacific Coast League (PCL). In conjunction with Major League Baseball's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, these leagues disbanded, and Triple-A teams were reorganized into the Triple-A East and Triple-A West. There is no Triple-A All-Star Game scheduled for 2021.

From the inaugural 1988 event through 1997, teams of American League-affiliated Triple-A All-Stars faced off against teams of National League-affiliated Triple-A All-Stars. From 1998 through 2019, the IL and PCL each fieled a team composed of players in their respective leagues as voted on by fans, the media, and each club's field manager, coaches, and general manager.

Traditionally, the game has taken place on the day after the mid-summer Major League Baseball All-Star Game. The game is meant to mark a symbolic halfway-point in the season (though not the mathematical halfway-point which, for most seasons, is usually one month prior). Both Triple-A leagues share a common **All-Star break**, with no regular-season games scheduled for two days before the All-Star Game itself. Some additional events, such as the All-Star Fan Fest and Triple-A Home Run Derby, take place each year during this break in the regular season.
Richmond Flying Squirrels

**Richmond Flying Squirrels**

The **Richmond Flying Squirrels** are a Minor League Baseball team based in Richmond, Virginia. The team, which is a part of the Eastern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants major league club, and plays at The Diamond. The Squirrels were previously known as the Connecticut Defenders. They were members of the Eastern League from 2010 to 2020.

The Flying Squirrels mark affiliated baseball's return to Richmond after a one-year absence prompted by the relocation of the former Triple-A International League's Richmond Braves to Lawrenceville, Georgia in 2009, where they are now called the Gwinnett Stripers.
Tennessee Smokies

**Tennessee Smokies**

The **Tennessee Smokies** are a Minor League Baseball team based in the Knoxville, Tennessee, metropolitan area. The team, which plays in the Southern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. Smokies Stadium, the team's ballpark, is located in the suburb of Kodak, and seats up to 8,000 fans. The team was based in Knoxville and called the **Knoxville Smokies** for many years before moving to Kodak and changing its name prior to the 2000 season. The team's nickname refers to the Great Smoky Mountains mountain range which permeates the region; mountains in the chain are often clouded in a hazy mist that may appear as smoke rising from the forest.

In 2025, the Smokies will be relocated near Downtown Knoville, Tennesee.
Single-A

Below the High-A level is **Single-A**, also known as "Single A" or "Class A". Beginning in 2021, this classification has three leagues: Carolina League, Florida State League, and California League, which succeed the Low-A East, Low-A Southeast, and Low-A West, respectively, the latter two having been High-A leagues.

These leagues are a mix of players moving up from Rookie leagues, as well as the occasional experienced first-year player. Most of the teams in Low-A Southeast are owned by major league parent clubs and use their spring training complexes.
Wisconsin Brewing Company Park

**Wisconsin Brewing Company Park** is a baseball stadium in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, part of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. Built in 2021, the ballpark is home to the Lake Country DockHounds, an independent professional baseball team in the American Association of Professional Baseball. The stadium was designed to fit soccer or lacrosse fields, and has an all artificial turf field so it can be used from when the snow melts to when the snow falls. The stadium is one part of the larger Lake Country Live development that also includes an attached indoor training facility.
Pioneer League

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   The **Pioneer League** is an independent baseball league that operates in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States. Though its teams are not directly affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB), it is designated as an MLB Partner League.

From 1939 to 2020, the Pioneer League was affiliated with Minor League Baseball and its teams were affiliated with MLB teams. It operated as a Class C league from 1939 to 1942 and 1946 to 1962, was elevated to Class A for 1963, and was at the Rookie classification from 1964 to 2020.
Dominican Summer League Astros

The **Dominican Summer League Astros**, or **DSL Astros**, is a minor league baseball team of the Dominican Summer League, and a Rookie-level affiliate of the Houston Astros. They are located in Boca Chica, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. From 2014 through 2017, they were divided into two squads: DSL Astros Orange and DSL Astros Blue.
Spokane Indians

**Spokane Indians**

The **Spokane Indians** are a Minor League Baseball team located in Spokane Valley, a suburb of Spokane, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest. The Indians are members of the Northwest League as an affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. Spokane plays its home games at Avista Stadium, which opened in 1958 and has a seating capacity of 6,752.

From 1958 through 1982, excluding 1972, the Indians were in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League (PCL). They were members of the Class A Short Season Northwest League (NWL) from 1955 to 1956, in 1972, and from 1983 to 2020. They have won 12 league titles: four in the PCL and eight in the NWL. The Spokane region has over a century of history in Minor League Baseball, dating back to the 1890s.
Riders Field

**Riders Field**, formerly known as **Dr Pepper/Seven Up Ballpark** and **Dr Pepper Ballpark** , is a baseball park in Frisco, Texas, United States. The home of the Double-A Frisco RoughRiders of the Texas League, it opened on April 3, 2003, and can seat up to 10,216 people. Though primarily a venue for Minor League Baseball games, the facility also hosts high school and college baseball tournaments and other public and private events throughout the year. It has been the site of three Texas League All-Star Games.

Since its opening, Riders Field has won awards and garnered praise for its unique design, feel, and numerous amenities. In his design, park architect David M. Schwarz desired the creation of a village-like "park within a (ball)park". The stadium received the 2003 Texas Construction Award for Best Architectural Design.

Attendance for RoughRiders games at the stadium has consistently placed either first or second in the Texas League and at the Double-A classification since its opening. After having the second-highest attendance in its first two seasons, as of 2020, it has had the highest in the league and classification since 2005.
Potomac Nationals

The **Potomac Nationals** were a Minor League Baseball team of the Carolina League. They were located in Woodbridge, Virginia, and played their home games at Northwest Federal Field at Pfitzner Stadium. After the 2019 season, the team relocated to Fredericksburg, Virginia, becoming the Fredericksburg Nationals.
Savannah Sand Gnats

The **Savannah Sand Gnats** were a minor league baseball team based in Savannah, Georgia. They were a member of the A-level South Atlantic League. The Sand Gnats were an affiliate of the New York Mets in their final nine seasons. The team relocated to Columbia, South Carolina, in 2016 where they are now known as the Columbia Fireflies.
Smith's Ballpark

**Smith's Ballpark** (formerly known as **Franklin Quest Field**, later **Franklin Covey Field**, and more recently **Spring Mobile Ballpark**) is a minor league baseball park in the western United States, located in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the home field of the Salt Lake Bees of the Pacific Coast League and the collegiate Utah Utes of the Pac-12 Conference.

Smith's Ballpark opened 26 years ago in 1994 with a seating capacity of 15,400, the largest in the PCL. It is located on the site of its predecessor, Derks Field, with a similar unorthodox southeast alignment, toward the Wasatch Range. The elevation at street level is 4,230 feet (1,290 m) above sea level.
The Depot at Cleburne Station

**The Depot at Cleburne Station** is a baseball park located in Cleburne, Texas, United States that opened on May 18, 2017. Seating at the ballpark consists of over 1,750 fixed seats, bleachers, grass berm seating, and several group seating areas. The Cleburne Railroaders baseball team of the independent American Association plays its home games at the stadium. FC Cleburne, a soccer team of the Premier Development League, played their games at The Depot from May 27, 2017, until dissolving the following year.

For several years, the ballpark has hosted the year-end Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference baseball tournament.
Uni-Trade Stadium

The **Uni-Trade Stadium** is a baseball stadium in Laredo, Texas. The stadium is the United States home to The Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos, a bi-national Mexican League professional baseball team, and the Laredo Roses, a women's full-contact American football team in the Sugar N Spice Football League. The stadium is also used for youth soccer leagues, youth and prep baseball games, and concerts. It was the home of the **Laredo Lemurs**, a baseball team in the American Association, from 2012 to 2016.
Rancho Cucamonga Quakes

**Rancho Cucamonga Quakes**

The **Rancho Cucamonga Quakes** are a Minor League Baseball team of the California League and the Single-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers. They are located in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and play their home games at LoanMart Field.

The franchise was founded in Lodi, California, in 1966 as members of the California League, with its home ballpark as Tony Zupo Field. The team then went through several new names and ownership changes before arriving in Rancho Cucamonga in 1993. In the 2021 reorganization of the minor leagues, the California League disbanded and was replaced by the Low-A-West, but this was renamed the California League in 2022.
The Quakes have three California League championships (1994, 2015, and 2018).
Worcester Red Sox

**Worcester Red Sox**

The **Worcester Red Sox** (nicknamed the **WooSox**) are a professional minor league baseball team that began play in 2021. The team is planned to play in the Triple-A East (Northeast Division) as the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, succeeding the Pawtucket Red Sox. The team will play its home games at Polar Park, a new baseball park being constructed for the team in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Salem Memorial Ballpark

**Salem Memorial Ballpark** is a baseball park in Salem, Virginia. It is part of the James E. Taliferro Sports and Entertainment Complex, along with the Salem Civic Center and Salem Football Stadium, located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of downtown. Opened on August 7, 1995, it is home to the Salem Red Sox, a minor-league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. It was built in 1995 at a cost of $10.1 million to replace Municipal Stadium. With a seating capacity of 6,300 people, it offers an impressive view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. For sponsorship reasons, since 2021 the full name of the facility has been Carilion Clinic Field at Salem Memorial Ballpark, named after local healthcare organization Carilion Clinic.
Veterans Memorial Stadium

**Veterans Memorial Stadium** is a minor league baseball stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It is the home field of the Cedar Rapids Kernels of the Midwest League. It is often called **New Veterans Memorial Stadium** to distinguish it from the original Veterans Memorial Stadium, which existed from 1949 to 2001.
Trois-Rivières Aigles

**Trois-Rivières Aigles**

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The **Trois-Rivières Aigles** (English: *Three Rivers Eagles*) are a Canadian professional baseball team based in Trois-Rivières, Québec. They are members of the Frontier League, and play their home games at Stade Quillorama.

The Aigles are named to honour the previous Trois-Rivières Aigles, which called the same ballpark home from 1971 until 1977 as a member of the Eastern League as an affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. In addition, a team in the Ligue de Baseball Junior Élite du Québec bore that name, winning the 2007 pennant. The Aigles' mascot is Grand Chelem l'aigle (English: *Grand Slam the Eagle*).
Sioux Falls Canaries

**Sioux Falls Canaries**

The **Sioux Falls Canaries** are a professional baseball team based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. The Canaries are members of the North Division of the American Association of Professional Baseball, an official Partner League of Major League Baseball. Since the 1993 season, the Canaries have played their home games at Sioux Falls Stadium, commonly known as The Birdcage. From 2010 to 2012, the team was called the **Sioux Falls Fighting Pheasants**.
U.S. Steel Yard

**U.S. Steel Yard** is an open-air baseball stadium located in Gary, Indiana next to I-90 in the city's Emerson neighborhood. It is home to the Gary SouthShore RailCats, a professional baseball team and member of the American Association. It seats 6,139 people. It also hosts many Little League Baseball games as well as high school baseball games. The ballpark is notable for holding a memorial service for the late pop musician and Gary native Michael Jackson on July 10, 2009, that was attended by over 6,000 fans, with much of Jackson's family in attendance. The ballpark has had over 2 million fans in attendance during the RailCats' team history.
Wichita Wranglers

The **Wichita Wranglers** were a minor league baseball team based in Wichita, Kansas. The team, which played in the Texas League, was the Double-A affiliate of Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres from 1987 to 1994 and the Kansas City Royals from 1995 to 2007. The Wranglers played in Wichita's Lawrence–Dumont Stadium. Built in 1934 and renovated for the second time in 2001, the park held 6,400 people as of the Wranglers' last season.

Following the completion of the 2007 season, the team was relocated to Springdale, Arkansas, where it became the Northwest Arkansas Naturals, which continued to play in the Texas League.

The Wranglers won the Texas League Championship in 1987, 1992, and 1999. In 1995, Wichita's Johnny Damon won the Texas League Player of the Year Award. Alex Gordon won the award in 2006. Andy Benes was selected as the league's Pitcher of the Year in 1989.
Thrillville Thrillbillies

**Thrillville Thrillbillies**

The **Thrillville Thrillbillies** are a professional baseball team based in Marion, Illinois. They compete in the Prosepct League for the 2023 season. They were members of the Midwestern Division of the independent Frontier League. Since 2007, the team will play their home games at Rent One Park.
Trenton Thunder

**Trenton Thunder**

The **Trenton Thunder** are a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League. They are located in Trenton, New Jersey, and play their home games at Arm & Hammer Park.

From its inception in 1980 to 2020, the club was a Minor League Baseball team of the Double-A Eastern League until Major League Baseball's reorganization of the minors following the 2020 season. Prior to this, they were affiliates of the Chicago White Sox (1980–1985), Detroit Tigers (1986–1994), Boston Red Sox (1995–2002), and New York Yankees (2003–2020).
Southwest University Park

**Southwest University Park** is a baseball stadium in El Paso, Texas. Primarily used for Minor League Baseball, it is the home of the El Paso Chihuahuas of the Pacific Coast League. Opened in 2014, the facility has an official capacity of 9,500, with 7,500 fixed seats with the rest being berm and party deck standing room sections.

The name "Southwest University" is applied as a corporate sponsor, and not as the home stadium of the University (which has no intercollegiate athletics program; the university is a for-profit virtual college). Southwest University Park was named as the best new ball park in 2014 by *Ballpark Digest*. The elevation of the playing field is approximately 3,750 feet (1,140 m) above sea level.
Sugar Land Space Cowboys

**Sugar Land Space Cowboys**

The **Sugar Land Space Cowboys** are a Minor League Baseball team and the Triple-A affiliate of the Houston Astros Major League Baseball club. They are located in Sugar Land, Texas, part of the Greater Houston metropolitan area, and play their home games at Constellation Field. The current mascot is named Orion.

The team began play as the **Sugar Land Skeeters** in 2012 as an expansion team of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB), an independent baseball league. Their name was a Southern slang word for mosquitos, which are common on summer nights in Southeast Texas. Over eight seasons, they won two league championships (2016 and 2018). In 2020, the Skeeters competed in the Constellation Energy League, a makeshift league they hosted in light of the Atlantic League's cancelled season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In conjunction with Major League Baseball's reorganization of the minors after the 2020 season, the Houston Astros purchased an ownership stake in the team and made them their Triple-A affiliate in the Triple-A West. After the 2021 season, the team rebranded as the Space Cowboys.
Triple-A East

**Triple-A East** was a 20-team Minor League Baseball league that will begin operating in the United States in 2021. Along with Triple-A West, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A level, which is one grade below Major League Baseball (MLB). The league, which will later receive a formal name, was created in 2021 in conjunction with MLB's reorganization of the minor leagues. The league is made up of the 14 teams formerly of the International League, four teams from the Pacific Coast League, one from the Double-A Southern League, and one from the independent American Association of Professional Baseball.

## Former teams

#### Midwest Division

* Columbus Clippers
* Indianapolis Indians
* Iowa Cubs
* Louisville Bats
* Omaha Storm Chasers
* St. Paul Saints
* Toledo Mud Hens

#### Southeast Division

* Charlotte Knights
* Durham Bulls
* Gwinnett Stripers
* Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
* Memphis Redbirds
* Nashville Sounds
* Norfolk Tides

#### Northeast Division

* Buffalo Bisons
* LeHigh Valley IronPigs
* Rochester Red Wings
* Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders
* Syracuse Mets
* Worcester Red Sox
Winston-Salem Dash

**Winston-Salem Dash**

The **Winston-Salem Dash** are a minor league baseball team in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They are a High-A team in the South Atlantic League and have been a farm team of the Chicago White Sox since 1997. The Dash began playing their home games at the Truist Stadium beginning in 2010 after having Ernie Shore Field (now known as Gene Hooks Field at Wake Forest Baseball Park) as their home from 1956 to 2009.
Sutter Health Park

**Sutter Health Park** is the home ballpark of the Sacramento River Cats Minor League Baseball team of the Triple-A West. Known as **Raley Field** from 2000 to 2019, the facility was built on the site of old warehouses and rail yards in West Sacramento, California, across the Sacramento River from the California State Capitol. It is directly adjacent to downtown Sacramento.
Thomas More Stadium

**Thomas More Stadium** is a stadium in Florence, Kentucky. It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Florence Y'alls of the Frontier League, an independent baseball league. It originally opened in 2004 as Champion Window Field and holds 4,500 people.

On November 27, 2012, the then-named Florence Freedom announced that UC Health, the healthcare system of the University of Cincinnati, had signed a 10-year naming rights deal, giving the ballpark its UC Health Stadium name. In May 2021, it was reported that the team was looking for a new naming rights partner after UC Health dropped its sponsorship, and that the team would be using the name Y'alls Ballpark for their home field. In March 2022, the Y'alls announced that Thomas More University had acquired the naming rights, and that the university's baseball team would play at Thomas More Stadium starting in 2023.

## History

### 2004 ownership scandal

In July 2004, shortly after the opening of Champion Window Field, contractors began filing liens against the Florence Freedom, accusing the team of not paying for work done on the stadium. Eventually, 33 liens totaling $4.7 million were filed. In August, Fifth Third Bank sued team part-owner Chuck Hildebrant for failing to repay multiple loans taken out to finance the stadium construction. As part of the lawsuit, it was revealed that Hildebrant had used 204 acres (0.83 km2) of land that he did not own as collateral for the loans, and that he had given the bank a forged document as proof of ownership. Hildebrant was later the subject of a federal white collar crime investigation and sentenced to prison in October 2005. The team was sold in November 2004 to a new ownership group led by Clint Brown, who was not associated with Hildebrant's ownership group.

### Other uses

From 2006 to 2008, the Northern Kentucky Norse baseball team, then of NCAA Division II, moved from on-campus Bill Aker Baseball Complex to play its home schedule at Champion Window Field. Thomas More Stadium is currently home to the Mount St. Joseph University Lions.
Triple-A West

**Triple-A West** was a 10-team Minor League Baseball league that will begin operating in the United States in 2021. Along with Triple-A East, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A level, which is one grade below Major League Baseball (MLB). The league, which will later receive a formal name, was created in 2021 in conjunction with MLB's reorganization of the minor leagues. The league is made up of nine teams formerly of the Pacific Coast League and one from the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.

## Current teams

### **East Division**

* Las Vegas Aviators
* Reno Aces
* Sacramento River Cats
* Salt Lake Bees
* Tacoma Rainiers

#### **West Division**

* Albuquerque Isotopes
* El Paso Chihuahuas
* Oklahoma City Dodgers
* Round Rock Express
* Sugar Land Skeeters
Trustmark Park

**Trustmark Park** is the home of the Mississippi Braves, Double-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves and is located in Pearl, Mississippi, USA. The ballpark, which opened April 18, 2005, has capacity for 8,480 fans. There are 5,500 chair-back seats in the reserved seating areas. The grass berm beyond the outfield walls has room for an additional 2,000 general admission customers. On August 13, 2006 a record crowd of 7,652 saw the M-Braves defeat the Huntsville Stars 4–2. The largest crowd to ever see a game at the park was the 2016 Governor's Cup in which 8,542 fans watched the Mississippi State Bulldogs defeat the Ole Miss Rebels, 2-0.

The ballpark derives its name from the sale of naming rights to Trustmark Corporation headquartered in Jackson.
San Antonio Missions

**San Antonio Missions**

The **San Antonio Missions** are a Minor League Baseball team of the Texas League and the Double-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres. They are located in San Antonio, Texas, and are named for the Spanish missions around which the city was founded. The Missions play their home games at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium, which opened in 1994 and seats over 6,200 people with a total capacity of over 9,200.
Radiology Associates Field at Jackie Robinson Ballpark

The **Jackie Robinson Ballpark** (also known as **Jackie Robinson Stadium** or **City Island Ball Park**) is a historic baseball field in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. It is located at 105 East Orange Avenue on City Island, in the Halifax River.

It is the home of the Daytona Tortugas and the Bethune–Cookman Wildcats. The Daytona Tortugas were founded in 1993. They have won six Florida State League championships, 1994, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2011, and 2013.
The Phantom of the Opera

**The Phantom of the Opera** is a novel from 1909 written by French novelist Gaston Leroux.

The story is about the titular Phantom as he haunts an opera house in Paris. Another point in the story is that he is giving voice lessons to a young singer named Christine Daae, whom he is also attracted to. The main themes of the story is that the Phantom is deformed, Christine is the understudy to the arrogant diva, she has a male love interest (usually named Raoul) and the Phantom kidnaps her and takes her to his lair.

The story wound up being so timeless that they made film after film about it over the course of over 50 years. The first film would be the infamous 1925 silent film with Lon Chaney as the Phantom. The film is more or less infamous because of Chaney's terrifying makeup, which he did himself. After that, the story would rest for 12 years until in 1937, the Phantom would return in the Chinese film, Song at Midnight, played by Jin Shan and named Song Danping. The film is often regarded as being the first Chinese horror film. After that, the Phantom would come back to his roots in 1943, this time in colour and portrayed by Claude Rains. Unlike the original or the Chaney version, where the Phantom is simply named Erik, the Phantom is given the name Erique Claudin.

In Rains' version, the Phantom is given the position of opera house violinist, which further attaches him to the opera. Like the Jin Shan version, he is disfigured by acid tossed in his face, a trope which would be echoed in several future films. Afterwards, the Phantom would rest for 19 years before technically coming back in 1962's Vampire of the Opera. The story, for the most part, drastically derives from the original source material, starting with the fact that the Phantom is a Vampire, who's name is simply Stefano and portrayed by Giuseppe Addobbati. 2 years later, the Phantom would fully come back, only this name in London and as a scarred composer named Professor Petrie, played by Herbert Lom. This Phantom was created by Hammer Films as opposed to Chaney and Rains, who were released by Universal.
TicketReturn.com Field

**TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark** (previously known as **Coastal Federal Field** and **BB&T Coastal Field**) is located in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and is the home field of the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, a minor league affiliate of the Chicago Cubs in the Carolina League. The stadium, located just off Highway 17 in Myrtle Beach, opened in 1999. It holds up to 6,599 people. Since its opening, it has been the finish point of the annual Myrtle Beach Marathon, held annually in March.

On April 16, 2021, Myrtle Beach Pelicans leaders told WPDE-TV that TicketReturn.com Field would need a significant investments in order to keep Minor League Baseball there. The most urgent upgrades to TicketReturn.com Field are to the visiting and home clubhouses, additional team facilities for women staff members, and upgrades to lighting and wall height. The team general manager told the city council during its budget retreat that it is likely to cost $15 million to bring the stadium's current player development facilities up to par and that the stadium won't last another 20 years as it stands.

## Other Tenants

TicketReturn.com Field at Pelicans Ballpark is also home of the annual "Baseball At The Beach" collegiate baseball tournament. Hosted by Coastal Carolina University each year, the tournament pits participating NCAA Division I baseball programs in the United States. While Charles Watson Stadium was renovated during the 2013 season, the Chanticleers played their home schedule at TicketReturn.com Field.

The venue served as a regional host site for the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Coastal Carolina hosted the regional, with VCU, Clemson, and St. John's also participating. The ballpark also hosted a regional and super regional in the 2010 NCAA Tournament, with the Chanticleers ultimately losing the super regional to South Carolina in the Gamecocks' first national championship season.

The Texas Rangers (then parent club of the Pelicans) played an exhibition game on March 29, 2011 at Pelicans Ballpark against Coastal Carolina University as a part of 2011 spring training.

Season 3 of HBO's *Eastbound & Down* was filmed there.
Southern League

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The **Southern League** is a Minor League Baseball league that has operated in the Southern United States since 1964. Along with the Eastern League and Texas League, it is one of three circuits playing at the Double-A level, which is two grades below Major League Baseball (MLB).

The league traces its roots to the original Southern League (1885–1899), the Southern Association (1901–1961), and the original South Atlantic League (1904–1963). The later circuit was renamed the Southern League in 1964, and the league elected to maintain records from that season onward. Following MLB's reorganization of the minor leagues in 2021, it operated as the Double-A South for one season before switching back to its previous moniker in 2022. In its inaugural 1964 season, the Southern League consisted of eight teams from Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Following contractions, expansions, and relocations, the league consists of eight teams in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

A league champion is determined at the end of each season. The Birmingham Barons have won 7 Southern League titles, the most among all teams in the league, followed by the Jacksonville Suns (6) and the Montgomery Rebels (5).
Tri-City ValleyCats

**Tri-City ValleyCats**

The **Tri-City ValleyCats** (often shortened to **Cats**) are a professional independent baseball team based in Troy, New York. The Tri-City name refers to the three nearby cities of Albany, Schenectady, and Troy which make up New York State's Capital District. The ValleyCats are members of the Frontier League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB).

From 2002 to 2020, they were members of Minor League Baseball's New York–Penn League (NYPL) as the Class A Short Season affiliate of the Houston Astros. With MLB's reorganization of the minor leagues after the 2020 season, the ValleyCats were not selected to continue in affiliated baseball. They joined the Frontier League for the 2021 season.
The Diamond (Richmond, Virginia)

**The Diamond** is a baseball stadium located in Richmond, Virginia, USA, on Arthur Ashe Boulevard. It is the home of Richmond Flying Squirrels of the Eastern League and the Virginia Commonwealth University baseball team. From 1985 to 2008, it was the home of the Richmond Braves, the Triple-A minor league baseball affiliate of the Atlanta Braves. The Diamond seats 12,134 people for baseball; however, for Flying Squirrels games, advertising banners cover up the top rows of the upper deck, reducing seating capacity to 9,560.
Southern Maryland Blue Crabs

**Southern Maryland Blue Crabs**

The **Southern Maryland Blue Crabs** are an American professional baseball team based in Waldorf, Maryland. They are members of the North Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, an independent "partner league" of Major League Baseball. Since 2008, the Blue Crabs have played their home games at Regency Furniture Stadium. They represent the counties of Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary's, which are located on the Southern Maryland peninsula between Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River.

In 2006, Southern Maryland residents chose the name "Blue Crabs" in a team-sponsored fan ballot. The name refers to the indigenous blue crab, the official state crustacean of Maryland. The Blue Crabs' fanbase has been nicknamed the "Crustacean Nation", an allusion to the Cardinal Nation and the Red Sox Nation fan clubs of the St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox.
Shelldon

**Shelldon** is the official mascot for the Daytona Tortugas and he acts as the team's Goodwill Ambassador, visiting local schools and charity events. Shelldon is green and white, with a blue shell on his back. He sports his white Tortuga jersey almost daily. Daytona Tortuga fans have learned to not get attached to any particular players, since the reward for superior play is to be taken away from Daytona and sent up to a higher farm team. Shelldon has been an adequate substitute to represent the team to the public.

## Social Media

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Windy City ThunderBolts

**Windy City ThunderBolts**

The **Windy City ThunderBolts** are a professional baseball team based in the Chicago suburb of Crestwood, Illinois, in the United States. The ThunderBolts are a member of the Frontier League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. Since 1999, the ThunderBolts have played their home games at Ozinga Field.
Sparkee the Mascot

**Sparkee the Mascot** is the official mascot for the Somerset Patriots.

Making his debut in July of 1998, Sparkee has since gone on to become one of the most popular characters in the Central New Jersey area. Sparkee received his name in a contest run to help the team name the mascot before the Somerset Patriots even played a game. He is named after New York Yankees legend and then Somerset Patriots manager Sparky Lyle. His named was spelled S-p-a-r-k-e-e to give him his own identity, though he does have Sparky's handlebar mustache worked into his look.

Sparkee is the top dog around town, a 6'0" schnauzer that knows how to dance, entertain, and though he cannot speak, can get the crowd going like no other. His number is 98 in honor of the year he was introduced and the Somerset Patriots' first season of play.

**Favorite Food:** Hot Dogs. They are a ballpark classic AND says dog in the name. What can be better?

**Favorite Movie:** "Lady And The Tramp". The spaghetti scene always makes me cry. Not just because it's sweet, but I don't have any spaghetti and meatballs when I'm watching it.

**Favorite Song:** Hound Dog by Elvis Presley. It makes my hips shake.

**Favorite Musician:** Pitbull. Not the hip hop star. There's a great pitbull that sings in our area. He howls with the best of them. The voice of an angel.

Favorite Actor: **Lassie. Is that cliché? I just love how he's able to basically tell people Timmy is stuck in a well with such conviction. You would think Timmy would just stop getting stuck in a well. I might just have seen the same episode too many times.**

**Best Friend:** Slider. I know he's a cat, but it shows you can find good in everyone.

**Favorite Superhero:** Underdog. He's the Superman for dogs. And his mom's name might also be Martha, but I don't remember an origin story.

**Favorite Quote:** "I would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling kids and your dog!"- Every Scooby Doo villain ever!
Segra Stadium

**Segra Stadium** is a baseball park in downtown Fayetteville, North Carolina. It is the home of the Fayetteville Woodpeckers, a Minor League Baseball team playing in the Single-A . It opened in 2019 and seats up to 4,786 people. The site is immediately surrounded by the Airborne & Special Operations Museum, Fayetteville station, and the Prince Charles Hotel.

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Vermont Lake Monsters

**Vermont Lake Monsters**

The **Vermont Lake Monsters** are a collegiate summer baseball team located in Burlington, Vermont. From 1994 to 2020, they were members of Minor League Baseball's New York–Penn League (NYPL). They play their home games at Centennial Field, one of the oldest minor league stadiums, on the campus of the University of Vermont.

The team was previously located in Jamestown, New York, (as the Jamestown Expos) from 1977 to 1993. With Major League Baseball's reorganization of the minor leagues after the 2020 season, Vermont was not selected to continue in affiliated baseball. In 2021, the team joined the Futures Collegiate Baseball League.
Wild Things Park

**Wild Things Park** is a 3,200-seat multi-purpose baseball stadium in North Franklin Township, a suburb of Washington, Pennsylvania. It hosted its first regular season baseball game on May 29, 2002, as the primary tenants of the facility, the Washington Wild Things, lost to the Canton Coyotes, 3-0. The ballpark also hosts the California Vulcans baseball team, representing Pennsylvania Western University California. It was the home of the Pennsylvania Rebellion of the National Pro Fastpitch, a women's professional softball league, until 2017 when the team folded. It also hosts Trinity High School's baseball team and the WPIAL Baseball Championships. It was briefly the home of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds soccer club (who now play at Highmark Stadium) during the 2005 and 2006 seasons. Wild Things Park is located near Interstate 70 and is notable for including a hot tub in the viewing stands. ProGrass Synthetic Turf was installed in the fall of 2010.

The stadium was known as Falconi Field until April 12, 2007, when Consol Energy and Washington County Family Entertainment entered a naming rights partnership to rename the complex CONSOL Energy Park. Consol Energy has let the naming rights deal expire as of January 2017.
Reno Aces

**Reno Aces**

The **Reno Aces** are a Minor League Baseball team and the Triple-A affiliate of the Arizona Diamondbacks. They are located in Reno, Nevada, and play their home games at Greater Nevada Field which opened in 2009. The Aces won the PCL championship in 2012 and went on to win the Triple-A National Championship Game.
Gastonia Honey Hunters

**Gastonia Honey Hunters**

The **Gastonia Honey Hunters** are a professional baseball team based in Gastonia, North Carolina. They are anticipated to begin play in South Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, a "partner league" of Major League Baseball, upon completion of the FUSE District Stadium in 2021.
Sacramento River Cats

**Sacramento River Cats**

The **Sacramento River Cats** are a Minor League Baseball team and the Triple-A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. They are located in West Sacramento, California, and play their home games at Sutter Health Park which opened in 2000.

Sacramento was previously represented in the PCL by the Solons, a charter member of the league which was founded in 1903. Three different versions of the Solons played in California's capital city in 1903, 1905, from 1909 to 1914, from 1918 to 1960, and from 1974 to 1976. As of 2018, Sacramento is the only charter city that hosts a PCL team.

The team has won four PCL championships. Most recently, the River Cats won back-to-back in 2007 and 2008. They went on to win the Triple-A National Championship Game in both seasons. Sacramento also won the PCL crown in 2003 and 2004.

In 2016, *Forbes* listed the team as the most valuable Minor League Baseball team with a value of $49 million.
Falcon Park

**Falcon Park** is a stadium in Auburn, New York. The stadium is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Auburn Doubledays collegiate summer baseball team. The Auburn Maroons high school baseball team also plays its home games at the stadium.
The current, rebuilt facility opened in 1995 and holds 2,800 people. As of 2004, the venue's full name is **Leo Pinckney Field at Falcon Park**.
Sioux City Explorers

**Sioux City Explorers**

The **Sioux City Explorers** are a professional baseball team based in Sioux City, Iowa, in the United States. The Explorers are members American Association of Professional Baseball, an official Partner League of Major League Baseball. Since their inception in 1993, the Explorers have played their home games at Lewis and Clark Park.

The Explorers, frequently called the X's, have played in the American Association since 2006. Previously, they were members of the Northern League.
Salt Lake Bees

**Salt Lake Bees**

The **Salt Lake Bees** are a Minor League Baseball team and the Triple-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels. They are located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and play their home games at Smith's Ballpark. Known to fans as the Apiary, the ballpark opened in 1994 and has a seating capacity of 15,411, the largest in the PCL. The team was previously known as the **Salt Lake Buzz** (1994–2000) and **Salt Lake Stingers** (2001–2005) before adopting their Bees moniker in 2006.
South Atlantic League

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The **South Atlantic League**, often informally called the **Sally League**, is a Minor League Baseball league with teams along the Atlantic coastline of the United States from New Jersey to Georgia. It is a High-A league that plays a full season, and its teams are composed of players in their second or third year of professional play.

A number of different leagues known as the South Atlantic League have existed since 1904. The current league of that name adopted the moniker in 1980, having previously been the Western Carolinas League, founded in 1963. All of these have been nicknamed "Sally League".

## History

There have been several South Atlantic Leagues in the history of minor league baseball, spanning from 1904 to the present with a few breaks. The league ran from 1904 to 1917 as a class C league, then started up again in 1919, also class C. This time it ran from 1919 to 1930, moving up to class B beginning in 1921. William G. Bramham became league president in mid-1924 and served until 1930. The league was restarted again as a class B from 1936 to 1942, shut down as a result of World War II, and returned in 1946 as a class A league. The AA Southern Association (which never integrated) died after the 1961 season and so the SAL was promoted to AA in 1963 to take its place; a year later the name was changed to the Southern League. Out of the 51 seasons of operation, Augusta, Georgia competed in 46, Macon, Georgia was around for 46, and Columbia, South Carolina was in 45. Charleston, South Carolina; Jacksonville, Florida; Savannah, Georgia; and Columbus, Georgia; each competed for at least 29 years also, making for a relatively stable lineup.

The South Atlantic League name went unused for 16 years, but in 1980 the Western Carolinas League brought back the name when it sought to change its identity. For nearly 60 years, 1948 through 2007, the dominant figure in the WCL/SAL was league founder and president John Henry Moss, who started the WCL as a young man in 1948, refounded it in 1960 and then led it into the new century. Moss retired at the close of the 2007[2] South Atlantic League season. He died at age 90 on July 1, 2009, at Kings Mountain, North Carolina—a town where he had also been mayor for 23 years.

In 2005, the SAL had the highest attendance in 101 years with over 3,541,992 fans (while minor league baseball set a second straight record with 41,333,279 attendees). Currently, the league has 14 teams, divided into two divisions of seven clubs.