Bringing The World Home To You

© 2024 WUNC North Carolina Public Radio
120 Friday Center Dr
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
919.445.9150 | 800.962.9862
91.5 Chapel Hill 88.9 Manteo 90.9 Rocky Mount 91.1 Welcome 91.9 Fayetteville 90.5 Buxton 94.1 Lumberton 99.9 Southern Pines 89.9 Chadbourn
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Minor-League Shakeup

mudcats logo

The Carolina Mudcats minor-league baseball team has been sold to a group in Florida. The team is slated to move after next season.

The Mudcats Double-A franchise is leaving largely due to the travel costs associated with flying to games in the far-flung Southern League.

But baseball will remain at Five County Stadium in Zebulon. The Kinston Indians franchise will be moving there in 20-12 to play in the single-A Carolina League. It's likely that the team in Zebulon will continue to be called the Mudcats.

That means Kinston will lose its team. Professional baseball has been in the eastern North Carolina town for nearly 100 years. Team officials in Kinston say they will try to keep pro baseball alive there when the Indians leave.

Dave DeWitt is WUNC's Supervising Editor for Politics and Education. As an editor, reporter, and producer he's covered politics, environment, education, sports, and a wide range of other topics.
Related Stories
More Stories