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January 23, 2026

Grainger Stadium

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Baseball returns to Kinston

September 27, 2024 Shawn Krest

Welcome back, baseball. Kinston barely had a chance to miss you this time around. Nine days after the Down East Wood Ducks played their last game in historic Grainger Stadium, Kinston’s baseball movers and shakers […]

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New owners plan to move Down East Wood Ducks out of Kinston

June 1, 2023 Shawn Krest

On April 8, 1949, Grainger High School beat Tarboro High 5-4 in the first baseball game held at Kinston’s Grainger Stadium. Several teams have called the historic building home over the past seven-plus decades, and […]

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Wood Ducks bring old-time baseball Down East

June 1, 2022 Brett Friedlander

KINSTON — Stanley Sullivan isn’t just an usher for the Down East Wood Ducks. He’s also the Carolina League team’s unofficial goodwill ambassador. A fixture at historic Grainger Stadium since 2000, the 79-year-old Air Force […]

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