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The Macon Bacon is a Georgia based wood-bat collegiate summer baseball team that began playing in the Coastal Plain League (CPL) in 2018. They have appeared in the league playoffs twice, and finished as the runner-up after a Championship appearance in their second season.
Luther Williams Field is a baseball stadium in Macon, Georgia. It was built in 1929 on the site of an earlier ball park, and is the centerpiece of Central City Park in Macon. It is the home of the Macon Bacon, a wood-bat collegiate summer baseball team in the Coastal Plain League. [2]
Macon was represented by professional baseball teams in the 19th century and joined the Sally League in 1904 as the Highlanders. From 1956–1960, Macon's team was known as the Macon Dodgers, adopting the name of their parent club. In 1980, a new Macon Peaches team formed and after 1982, this franchise adopted the name Redbirds and then Pirates ...
A physician group recently expressed concern for the team’s “glorification of bacon,” but the team’s president said “bacon is forever.” Poll: Should Macon Bacon baseball change their name?
Luther Williams Field scoreboard operator Christian Kendrick changes the score on the manual scoreboard during the Macon Bacon game against Catawba Valley Stars on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in Macon ...
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A nonprofit that promotes plant-based diets is protesting the name of the Macon, Ga., baseball team. Columnist Tim Rowland shakes his head. Macon Bacon: The war on mascots moves to inanimate objects
The modern Coastal Plain League was formed with six teams in 1997. [2] The league has expanded over the years with teams across North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Georgia, with the 2024 addition of the Greenville Yard Gnomes being the most recent expansion, bringing the league to 15 teams.