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Ten minor league teams call North Carolina home, and fans consistently pack the ballparks to experience the national pastime live.
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North Carolina has ten minor league baseball teams, ranking behind only New York and California in the category of states with the most professional baseball teams.
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Minor leaguer Leo 'Muscle' Shoals was one of the most popular baseball players for the Reidsville Luckies of the Carolina League. He set the league homerun record in 1949. However, too much boisterous behavior kept him from reaching the major leagues.
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William G. Bramham, president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, was perhaps the most important person in the state's history of minor league baseball.
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North Carolina is home to eleven minor league baseball teams, from Class A to Triple AAA. Several new ball parks, a commitment to customer service, and clever marketing will bring two million fans to ballparks in 2001.
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There are ten minor league baseball teams playing in North Carolina in 2003. Caldwell gives a synopsis of each team, including the Asheville Tourists, Durham Bulls, and Kinston Indians.
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North Carolina was the stronghold of downhome baseball during the period between the two world wars. The state had more than fifty minor league teams, more than any other state at that time. Williams recounts a time when the players had fun, the fans had a party every night, and the team owners made money, or at least didn't lose too much.
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In 1949 there were 440 minor league baseball teams nationwide; North Carolina fielded 35 of them. Today the number has shrunk to 162 nationwide and eight in the state. Quirk examines the success and popularity of minor league baseball in North Carolina.
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17178
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When minor league teams are seeking a new stadium, they often pitch the idea to city officials as a way to create downtown development. The Durham Bull Athletic Park is an example of millions spent in economic downtown development that has inspired copycats and wannabes in Greensboro and Winton-Salem.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 7, July 2012,
p42-45, il, map
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24466
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After a 40-year hiatus, minor league baseball teams are making a major comeback; Cities such as Charlotte, Greensboro, Durham, Winston-Salem, and Asheville all have teams and good attendance at games. This article recounts the history of minor league baseball in North Carolina and why it made a comeback.
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