Mississippi Braves
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The Mississippi Braves are a minor league baseball team based in Pearl, Mississippi, a suburb of Jackson. The team is the Class AA affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, and plays in the Southern League.
Trustmark Park, which opened in 2005, is their home field. The park has 5,500 chair-back seats and a grass berm beyond the outfield walls with room for an additional 2,000 general admission customers. Trustmark Park also features a 360 degree concourse, video screen scoreboard behind the left-center field wall, free standing Cellular South Cafe beyond the right field wall, a picnic pavilion, twenty-two luxury suites, 150 closed-circuit TVs positioned around the stadium, two merchandise shops, and nine baseball-themed concession stands.
Prior franchise history
From 1984 to 2004, the club was based in Greenville, South Carolina and known as the Greenville Braves. Due to the condition of the team's stadium, and the failure to reach a deal with the Greenville City Council for a new one, the team pursued relocation. Before the start of the 2004 season, the team reached a deal to relocate to Pearl, Mississippi. The team finished the 2004 season in Greenville and made the move shortly after the end of the season.
External link
- Official site (http://www.mississippibraves.com)