Augusta GreenJackets

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Augusta GreenJackets Founded in 1994 Augusta, Georgia
Team Logo Cap Insignia
Class-Level
A
Minor League affiliations
South Atlantic League (1993-present) Southern Division
Major League affiliations
San Francisco Giants (2005-present) Boston Red Sox (1999-2004) Pittsburgh Pirates (1994-1998)
Name
Augusta GreenJackets (1994-present)
Ballpark
Lake Olmstead Stadium Heaton Stadium
Minor League titles
League titles	(3) 1989, 1995, 1999
Division titles
Owner(s)/Operated by: Cal Ripken Jr.
Manager: Ross Grimsley
General Manager: Nick Brown

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 team is so named in honor of The Masters golf tournament held in Augusta, where the winner receives a green jacket.

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 Pittsburgh 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.

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 Concert, and other special events as well..

Besides Wakefield and Youkilis, other Major League Baseball players that performed at Lake Olmstead Stadium include Moises Alou, Jason Kendall, Orlando Merced, Hanley Ramirez, and Carlos García.

[edit] Resources

• Greenjackets official web site
• Red Sox connection

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