The Columbus Catfish were a minor league baseball team in Columbus, Georgia . They were a Class A team in the South Atlantic League , and were an affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays for the 2007 and 2008 seasons. The Catfish relocated to Bowling Green, Kentucky for the 2009 season and are now known as the Bowling Green Hot Rods .
12-654: The Catfish played home games at Golden Park . The team colors were royal blue, peach, and sand. The name "Catfish" referred to the fish of the same name, which is commonly eaten in the South and is often harvested from the Chattahoochee River . The city of Columbus and Golden Park itself lie on the Chattahoochee. The peach in the Catfish logo indicates that they are from the state of Georgia and not
24-519: A worker's dress became entangled in machinery, spilling the money she had sewn into her hem onto the floor. After she explained to a factory executive that she had felt this was the safest place to keep her savings , he offered instead to secure her money in the mill safe and pay her interest on her balance. This service was soon offered to all company employees. Synovus's founding parent company, Columbus Bank and Trust (CB&T), has deep roots in its hometown. CB&T started TSYS in 1959 and in 1974
36-566: Is a red brick façade and has many well-landscaped sidewalks that connect to the Chattahoochee RiverWalk . Synovus Park was formerly named after Theodore Earnest Golden Sr., co-founder of Goldens' Foundry and Machine Co. Golden led the effort in Columbus for the city's first South Atlantic League team. Synovus Park was renovated in 1994 in anticipation of the softball events of the 1996 Summer Olympics that were held in
48-589: The Columbus Bank and Trust Company , is a financial services company with approximately $ 62 billion in assets based in Columbus, Georgia . Synovus provides commercial and retail banking , investment , and mortgage services through 249 branches and 335 ATMs in Georgia , Alabama , South Carolina , Florida , and Tennessee . The bank opened in 1888 following an incident at a textile mill in which
60-772: The Columbus Clippers of Columbus, Ohio . In 2007, the Catfish swept the West Virginia Power in three games to win their first South Atlantic League championship. The Catfish, then known as the Wilmington Waves as one of two South Atlantic League expansion teams in 2001, played their inaugural season in Wilmington, North Carolina , as an affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers . The team left Wilmington after one season due to
72-588: The Mississippi Braves announced that they would be moving to Columbus after the conclusion of their 2024 season. With the announcement of the relocation, Columbus Council members voted and approved the lease for the team to use Synovus Park. In June 2024, the naming rights were sold to the financial and banking service company Synovus . 32°27′08″N 84°59′30″W / 32.452348°N 84.991541°W / 32.452348; -84.991541 Synovus Synovus Financial Corp. , formerly
84-655: The 2009 season, where the team would be known as the Bowling Green Hot Rods . Note: W = Wins, L = Losses 2001: Wilmington Waves 2002: South Georgia Waves, Albany 2003: South Georgia Waves, Columbus - 1st half Southern division champions - 2nd half Southern division champions Golden Park Synovus Park is a baseball stadium currently undergoing a major renovation in Columbus, Georgia , United States, that opened in 1926 and has undergone many rebuilds and repairs. Baseball has been played near Synovus Park since 1909, but in 1926,
96-949: The city of Columbus. In 2013, Synovus Park was the home of the Beep Baseball World Series Championship game. The Taiwan Homerun Team beat the Austin Blackhawks by a score of 5-2. It also was the home field of the Columbus Catfish from 2003 to 2008. In June 2021, the park opened back up with the home team being the Columbus Chatt-a-Hoots of the Sunbelt Baseball League . Alternative Baseball held its Playing for Community Integration Tour events starring local community leaders and athletes with disabilities at Synovus Park in 2019 and 2023. In 2024,
108-406: The company began processing credit cards for other banks. In 1983, CB&T made TSYS a separate publicly traded company, retaining majority ownership. On October 25, 2007, TSYS and Synovus (holding 81% of shares at the time) announced a spin-off that was completed as of the end of 2007.[4] Synovus took its current name in 2010. Since its founding in 1888, it has acquired 35 banks. In 2009 the bank
120-534: The current location has been used. In 1951, the park was significantly rebuilt, then in 1995 for the 1996 Summer Olympics . The park was damaged in 2006 causing part of the outfield wall to collapse and then strong winds hit the stadium in 2012 and knocked the light stands off the roof, causing more damage. Located on the Chattahoochee River in Downtown Columbus . The exterior of the Synovus Park
132-663: The lack of a permanent stadium . The Waves moved to Albany, Georgia , for one season until settling in Columbus, which had lost the RedStixx prior to the 2003 season. The team was known as the South Georgia Waves during its single season in Albany and its first year in Columbus. The team was sold to New Hampshire Fisher Cats owner Art Solomon in April 2008. Solomon would move the team to Bowling Green, Kentucky , for
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#1732787271201144-585: Was listed as one of more than 150 United States lenders that owned nonperforming loans equal in value to five percent or more of their holdings, exceeding a threshold said to threaten its survival. Synovus subsequently laid off 850 employees and closed many branches in early 2011. In July 2013, Synovus repaid $ 967.9 million borrowed under the Troubled Asset Relief Program . In early 2010, Synovus consolidated thirty separate state bank charters into one Georgia charter and began
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