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The Down East Wood Ducks played their home games at Grainger Stadium, located at 400 East Grainger Avenue in Kinston. The original structure was built by architect John J. Rowland in 1949 at a cost of $170,000 inclusive of everything except the land, with $150,000 raised by bond issue. [ 36 ]
Fifth Third Park is a baseball stadium under construction in Spartanburg, South Carolina.. The stadium is being built primarily for the Hub City Spartanburgers, the relocated and renamed Down East Wood Ducks of the Carolina League, [2] who will replace the Hickory Crawdads in the South Atlantic League (SAL). [3]
It is the home ballpark for the Down East Bird Dawgs, which joined the Frontier League for the 2025 season, as well as the annual Freedom Classic between Navy and Air Force. Grainger was previously home to the Down East Wood Ducks, the Kinston Indians and all the professional Kinston baseball teams since 1949. [3]
In May 2023, Diamond Baseball Holdings bought the Down East Wood Ducks of the Single-A Carolina League and announced that the team would move for the 2025 season to a new ballpark to be built in Spartanburg, South Carolina. [1] Tyson Jeffers was announced as Spartanburg's first general manager in October 2023.
The Down East Bird Dawgs (colloquially known as the Dawgs) are a professional baseball team based in Kinston, North Carolina. The Bird Dawgs compete in the Frontier League (FL) as part of the East Division in the Atlantic Conference, and play their home games at Grainger Stadium. The franchise was formed in September 2024, by owner Cameron McRae.
Carolina lost the Northern Division title versus the Down East Wood Ducks, 2–1. [50] Victor Estevez was chosen for the Carolina League Manager of the Year Award. [ 51 ] The Mudcats won the first-half of the 2024 season with a 41–24 mark, clinching a spot in the playoffs, [ 52 ] but they were defeated in the division series by the ...
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The Mavericks were replaced by the Kinston-based Down East Wood Ducks. [8] ... A name-the-team contest was launched to select a name for the team upon its move to ...