Spartanburgers

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Spartanburgers were a collegiate summer baseball team in the Coastal Plain League in 2021. They played at Duncan Park in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The team moved from Gastonia, North Carolina, where they were the Gastonia Grizzlies from 2002 to 2020. The name Spartanburgers was announced in February 2021 as a single word, not including the city name. Wesley Brown was named head coach on December 21, 2020. The team played its first game on May 27, 2021, at home against the Lexington County Blowfish and lost. The mascot was Tom 8-0, a giant ketchup bottle. In March 2022, the Spartanburgers suspended operations for the 2022 season due to financial hardships from COVID-19 and the cost of ballpark renovations. In May 2023, Diamond Baseball Holdings bought the Down East Wood Ducks and announced a new ballpark in downtown Spartanburg that could open by 2025, with the relocated team renamed the Hub City Spartanburgers.