The South Georgia Peanuts were a short-lived minor league baseball team, based in Albany, Georgia in 2007. The team's home games were held at Paul Eames Sports Complex .
5-652: The Peanuts played in the South Coast League and won the league title with a 59–28 record. However, the notoriety of the Peanuts was largely built upon the managerial comeback of Wally Backman , who had been hired as manager of the Arizona Diamondbacks and fired four days later due to reported legal troubles. His return to managing and the Peanuts' 2007 season were documented by the independent TV series Playing for Peanuts . On March 4, 2008,
10-630: The Southeastern United States . It operated in cities not served by Major or Minor League Baseball teams and was not affiliated with either. It folded after its first season in 2007. The league was formed in October 2006. In a press release in October, league Chief Executive Officer Jamie Toole, a former Carolina League executive with a number of teams, cited the desire to field professional baseball teams in municipalities that lacked access to professional baseball; however,
15-672: The Aiken Foxhounds and Anderson Joes were based in metropolitan areas with an existing team in the MiLB-affiliated Class A South Atlantic League (the Augusta GreenJackets and Greenville Drive , respectively). The league's only season was documented by the TV show, " Playing for Peanuts ." On March 29, 2008, Sports Illustrated reported that league CEO Jamie Toole had resigned and the league had canceled
20-649: The Peanuts announced that pitching coach Buddy York had been promoted to manager after Wally Backman departed for the Joilet Jackhammers of the Northern League . On March 31, 2008, the South Coast League office issued an announcement that it was suspending operations as of April 1, citing an inability to close on a large amount of debt. The league reportedly lost over a million dollars in each of its markets during its first year. While
25-558: The statement claimed that it planned to resume operations in 2009, the league never returned. As a result, the Peanuts dissolved along with the league. This article about a sports team in the US state of Georgia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . South Coast League The South Coast League of Professional Baseball ( SCL ), based in Conyers, Georgia , was a professional, independent baseball organization located in
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