The South Georgia Waves were a Low-A class minor league baseball team in Albany , Georgia for one season before relocating to Columbus, Georgia , where they operated under the same name for the 2003 season before being rebranded the Columbus Catfish . The Waves were members of the South Atlantic League and a farm team of the Los Angeles Dodgers .
4-559: South Georgia's mascot was a blue creature named "Crash", who was brought over when the franchise moved from Wilmington . According to Crash’s baseball card for the 2001 Wilmington Waves, Crash was born on November 11, 2000, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Crash made his first appearance at the Westfield Shoppingtown Independence Mall with Santa Claus . Also, Crash’s favorite things were baseball,
8-671: A Low-A class team that played in the South Atlantic League , and were a farm team of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the franchise’s only year in Wilmington. They played all of their home games at Brooks Field , on the campus of the University of North Carolina Wilmington . However, at least in part because Brooks Field is not easy to spot on campus nor centrally located on it, attendance for the Waves' home games
12-502: The beach, dancing, playing with water guns, and his park buddy, the Wilmington Waves’ head groundskeeper. Nine days before the 2003 season was to begin the Waves moved from Albany to Columbus . This was due in part because of disputes between the team owner David Heller and the city of Albany in regard to a baseball stadium deal. Originally, the team was going to be bought by both Cal Ripken Jr. and Don Mattingly , where
16-543: The two would move the franchise north to Evansville , Indiana , prior to the 2004 season. However, the deal fell through and Heller retained ownership and renamed the team the Columbus Catfish . All players are listed in alphabetical order by surname. Wilmington Waves The Wilmington Waves were a minor league baseball team in Wilmington , North Carolina in the 2001 baseball season. They were
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