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News Articles: minor league baseball

​The Columbus Clingstones debuted to a sellout crowd in Synovus Park Tuesday, defeating the Pensacola Blue Wahoos 3-0 in a game that saw several first-ever occurrences for the new team. Mike Haskey/Ledger-Enquirer

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Columbus Clingstones sell out, win team’s first home game. What to know

The Columbus Clingstones debuted to a sellout crowd in Synovus Park Tuesday, defeating the Pensacola Blue Wahoos 3-0 in a game that saw several first-ever occurrences for the new team.

April 16, 2025
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  • Jeremy Chisenhall ,
  • Mark Rice ,
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An artist's rendering of the planned Synovus Park in Columbus, Ga.

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Fans invited to celebrate another milestone in minor league baseball’s return to Columbus

The effort to play minor league baseball in Columbus for the first time in 17 years achieves another milestone Jan. 30 at Synovus Park.

January 30, 2025
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  • Mark Rice
This is a rendering of what a portion of Golden Park is projected to look like after the renovation and upgrades. Courtesy of Diamond Baseball Holdings.

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Braves minor league baseball updates on Columbus move. What will new Golden Park look like?

The $50 million project to upgrade Golden Park into the new home of the Atlanta Braves’ Class AA minor league baseball affiliate took a major step forward.

April 19, 2024
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  • Mark Rice
Golden Park sits on the banks of the Chattahoochee River in Columbus, Ga.

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Atlanta Braves Minor League Baseball team headed to Columbus after city seals lease deal

Columbus Council voted to OK a lease with Diamond Baseball Holdings to bring a Minor League Braves team to the city's Golden Park, after about a 90-minute closed meeting.

January 10, 2024
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  • Tim Chitwood
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Braves affiliate minor league team is re-christened 'Rome Emperors'

The team, part of the South Atlantic League, was owned by the Atlanta Braves until 2022. The new branding is "in keeping" with quirky team names across Minor League Baseball.

November 17, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
A minor league baseball game between the Tampa Tarpons and Dunedin Blue Jays in April. A "significant" majority of minor league players have sided with organizing efforts, the Major League Baseball Players Association said.

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More than half of minor league baseball players have voted to unionize

Most minor league players make less than the federal poverty line. The Major League Baseball Players Association has asked MLB to voluntarily recognize the unionizing efforts.

September 06, 2022
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  • Becky Sullivan
Birmingham Barons outfielder Luis Basabe moves toward a ball in front of the vintage scoreboard in 2019 at Rickwood Field, America's oldest baseball park, in Birmingham, Ala.

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Minor League Baseball To Experiment With Robotic Umpires

The robot could help rein in different interpretations of the strike zone among umpires. It also limits the ability of catchers to frame a pitch. The machine will appear in select Low-A games.

March 12, 2021
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  • Merrit Kennedy
Dozens of fans turned out to watch the Red Sox amateur baseball team tangle with the Yankees at Regions Field in Birmingham, Ala. The teams are part of an over-35 league showcasing their skills at a ballpark normally used by the Birmingham Barons minor league baseball team.

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Baseball-Starved Fans Turn Out To Watch Middle-Aged Men Play

With Major League Baseball games to be played in empty stadiums, and the minor league season cancelled, fans are showing up at amateur leagues.

July 16, 2020
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By:
  • Melanie Peeples

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