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The Augusta GreenJackets are a minor league baseball team that plays in Augusta, Georgia as a Class A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. Lake Olmstead Stadium has been the home of the Greenjackets since the 1995 season, although Augusta has fielded a team in the South Atlantic League since 1988. The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California. ... This article refers to the American baseball league. ... Image:SanFranciscoGiants 100. ... Categories: Minor league baseball teams | California sports | Baseball stubs ... The Norwich Navigators are a minor league baseball team based in Norwich, Connecticut. ... San Francisco Giants National League AAA Fresno Grizzlies AA Norwich Navigators A San Jose Giants Augusta GreenJackets Salem-Keizer Volcanoes R Scottsdale Giants The San Jose Giants are a minor league baseball team in San Jose, California, USA. They are a high-A class team in the California League, and... Salem-Keizer Volcanoes - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Scottsdale Giants - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Augusta GreenJackets logo, claiming fair use This work is copyrighted. ... A Class A California League game in San Jose, California (1994) Minor leagues are baseball leagues which are at a lower pay level and generally play in smaller cities and towns than Major League Baseball. ... The seal of the City of Augusta Augusta is a city located in the state of Georgia. ... The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California. ... The South Atlantic League is a minor league baseball league which operates mostly in the southeastern United States, although it now has teams in New Jersey and Ohio. ...

Before the Giants took over the club's affiliation after the 2004 season, the GreenJackets were a part of the Boston Red Sox organization. The Red Sox replaced the Pirates in Augusta, but as the club with the briefest affiliation, the GreenJackets have third baseman Kevin Youkilis as the only one of their prospects to make the Red Sox roster, although knuckle baller Tim Wakefield pitched here in 1989 with the Pirates organization. The Red Sox' relationship with Augusta met with immediate success when the Greenjackets won the South Atlantic League championship in their first year as an affiliate team. The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ... The position of the third baseman A third baseman, abbreviated 3B, is the player in the sport of baseball whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base, the third of four bases a baserunner must touch in a counterclockwise succession in order to score a run. ... Kevin Edmund Youkilis (born March 15, 1979 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a third baseman and right-handed batter who plays for the Boston Red Sox. ... A knuckleball (or knuckler for short) is a baseball pitch thrown so as to minimize the spin of the ball in flight. ... Timothy Stephen Wakefield (born August 2, 1966 in Melbourne, Florida) is a Major League Baseball knuckleballing right-handed pitcher who plays with the Boston Red Sox (1995-present). ...

Built primarily as a baseball facility between 1994 and 1995, Lake Olmstead Stadium has been transformed by the GreenJackets into a versatile entertainment center for Augusta and the surrounding communities. The stadium seats 4,400, with nearly 1,000 box seats, 830 reserved seats, over 2,000 general admission seats, and also offers a large 500 person picnic area down the left field line and a Grill and Bar area down the right field line. Lake Olmstead Stadium has been the site of events associated with The Masters golf tournament, many concerts, the Annual Masters Beach Blast Concertand, and other special events as well. The Masters is one of four major championships in mens golf, and the first to take place each year. ...

Beside Wakefield and Youkilis, other Major League Baseball players that performed at Lake Olmstead Stadium include Moises Alou, Jason Kendall, Orlando Merced, and Carlos Garcia. MLB logo Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ... Moisés Rojas Alou (born July 3, 1966 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an All-Star outfielder in Major League Baseball. ... Jason Kendall (born June 26, 1974 in San Diego, California) is a catcher in Major League Baseball with the Oakland Athletics. ... Carlos Jes s Garc a Guerrero (born October 15, 1967 in T chira State, Venezuela), best known as Carlos Garc a, is a former Major League Baseball second baseman and right-handed batter who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1990-96), Toronto Blue Jays (1997), Anaheim Angels (1998) and San...

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