Gastonia Grizzlies

From BR Bullpen

Location: Gastonia, NC
League: Coastal Plain League
Stadium: Buddy Lewis Field at Sims Legion Park

1 Team Bio
2 2007 On-Field Staff
3 Championships and Honors
4 Grizzlies Alumni in MLB Affiliated Professional Baseball in 2007
5 Grizzlies Alumni in Independent Professional Baseball in 2007
6 Related Links

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The Gastonia Grizzlies are a Summer Collegiate Baseball team playing in the Coastal Plain League. The Grizzlies, who play their home games at Buddy Lewis Field at Sims Legion Park, quickly earned their place in Gastonia, NC. Founded in 2002, the Grizzlies won the Coastal Plain League West Division in their inaugural year with a 28-21 record, earning them a place in the Pettit Cup Championship Tournament where they were eliminated in the second round. The Grizzlies repeated their Pettit Cup performance in 2005 and 2006, making them one of the most successful franchises in CPL history.

The Gastonia Grizzlies are like every 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. In their short tenure in the Coastal Plain League, the Grizzlies have already hosted some of the collegiate athletes from throughout the United States. The Grizzlies operate in the model an Independent Minor League team: recruiting athletes, playing nightly before fans in stadiums which seat thousands, using wood bats and minor league specification equipment, and experiencing road trips between games. Like all other summer collegiate players, Gastonia Grizzleis athletes are unpaid in order to maintain their NCAA eligibility, and live with host families in the same manner as Single A and Independent League players.