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July 7, 2025

Woodpeckers

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Leaders, prospects on NC’s minor league rosters

July 5, 2023 Shawn Krest

There’s still hope! The minor leagues have been undergoing substantial change over the last few seasons. Several teams were eliminated during the pandemic, and the remaining minor league franchises were reshuffled into new leagues. The […]

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The Big Dumper leads NC’s representation in MLB postseason

October 12, 2022 Shawn Krest

October is famous for crowning new cult heroes during baseball’s postseason, and this year has already found a prime candidate to join them: The Big Dumper. Cal Raleigh’s nickname — which celebrates the Seattle catcher’s […]

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Best of the best: What makes NC’s 10 MiLB teams special

August 3, 2022 Brett Friedlander

Read NSJ’s 2022 MiLB Across NC features: Carolina Mudcats • Down East Wood Ducks • Winston-Salem Dash • Kannapolis Cannon Ballers • Greensboro Grasshoppers • Fayetteville Woodpeckers • Charlotte Knights • Durham Bulls • Hickory […]

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Woodpeckers tapping into Fayetteville’s baseball potential

June 22, 2022 Brett Friedlander

FAYETTEVILLE — On March 7, 1914, a raw rookie by the name of George Herman Ruth hit his first professional home run in Fayetteville while playing in a spring exhibition game for the then-minor league Baltimore […]

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Minor league baseball teams around North Carolina start season

April 6, 2022 Brett Friedlander

Opening day of the 2022 Major League Baseball season has been pushed back two weeks because of the labor dispute that delayed the start of spring training. But baseball fans, especially those in North Carolina, […]

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Woodpeckers, drilled by pandemic, return

May 19, 2021 Brett Friedlander

FAYETTEVILLE — A cheer went up when the gates to Segra Stadium opened about an hour before the Fayetteville Woodpeckers took on the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers in their first home game in more than a […]

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Minor leagues return to NC with plenty of top talent

April 28, 2021 Shawn Krest

For the first time in 20 months, Minor League Baseball teams across the nation — including North Carolina — will take the field next week. While the pandemic won’t keep teams off the field this […]

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Different kind of birdies at Woodpeckers’ ‘nest’

October 14, 2020 Brett Friedlander

Segra Stadium in Fayetteville is the home of a minor league baseball team known as the Woodpeckers. This weekend, a different flock of birdies will be flying around the grounds of the two-year-old ballpark. “The […]

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Minor league teams still serving their communities while waiting for return

April 15, 2020 Brett Friedlander

As Douglas Locascio looked out at a pristine green field under a bright Carolina blue sky last Thursday, his team’s scheduled opening day, the general manager of the Hickory Crawdads couldn’t help but think that […]

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Baseball back in Fayetteville with new stadium, Woodpeckers

April 24, 2019 Brett Friedlander

FAYETTEVILLE — Back in 1996, an architect named Robert Marvin was hired to devise a revitalization plan for Fayetteville’s decaying downtown area. The centerpiece of his design was a controversial 60-foot high mound to be […]

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