Columbia Blowfish
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- Location: Columbia, SC
- League: Coastal Plain League
- Stadium: Capital City Stadium
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[edit] Team Bio
The Columbia Blowfish are a Summer Collegiate Baseball team playing in the Coastal Plain League. The Blowfish play their home games in Columbia, SC's in the historic Capital City Stadium, former home of the Carolina League's Capital City Bombers and professional teams dating back to the 1940's.
Founded in 2006, the Columbia Blowfish are like other summer college baseball team, in that they are dedicated and designed to provide minor league level competition for NCAA players that wish to continue on into professional baseball. The Blowfish operate in the model a Minor League team: actively recruiting players, playing nightly before fans in stadiums which seat thousands, using wood bats and minor league specification equipment, and experiencing road trips between games. Columbia Blowfish athletes remain unpaid in order to maintain their NCAA eligibility, and live with host families in the same manner as Single A and Independent League players.
[edit] 2007 On Field Staff
- Manager: Tim Medlin
- Pitching Coach: Tim Bright
- Assistant Coach: Tavy Smalls
- Assistant Coach: Mike Pulaski
- Mascot: Blowie
[edit] Championships and Significant Events
- 2006 Blowfish play Team USA August 1, 2006. Team USA-9, Blowfish-0
[edit] 2006 Inaugural Season
- Blowfish Lead the Coastal Plain League in attendance, drawing more that 46,000 fans.
- July 11, 2006 David Anderson a freshman at Coastal Carolina University pitched the first No-Hitter in Blowfish history. The Blowfish defeated the Wilmington Sharks 1-0.
- David Anderson led the pitching staff with at 1.24 ERA, and finished as the team's top hitter with a .261 AVG and 19 RBI's
- The Blowfish held close in the wild card race with two 5 game winning streaks throughout the course of the season. The Blowfish did not fall out of the wild card race until the last week of the season.
- 22-30 overall record
[edit] Related Links
Columbia Blowfish Home Page Coastal Plain League Home Page WLTX TV 19 report on baseball's return to Columbia, SC
