Columbia Blowfish

Columbia Blowfish
Founded	2006
Home Field	Capital City Stadium
Based in	Columbia, South Carolina
Colors	Red and Blue
League	Coastal Plain League
League Titles	None
Head Coach	Lee Gronkiewicz
Dir. of Baseball Operations	Sal Aiello

The Columbia Blowfish are an amateur baseball team in the Coastal Plain League, a collegiate summer baseball league. The team plays its home games at the Capital City Stadium (often nicknamed "The Cap") in Columbia, South Carolina. The Blowfish first started competing in the Coastal Plain League during the 2006 season and finished with a twenty-two win and thirty loss record in their first season. During their first year in existence, the Blowfish led the league in attendance by drawing over 46,000 fans to "The Cap."

The team's first head coach, Tim Medlin, was fired during the 2009 season and replaced by former major leaguer Lee Gronkiewicz, a University of South Carolina alumnus.

The Blowfish replaced the Capital City Bombers when professional baseball left Columbia after the 2004 season.

Columbia baseball history

Since 1892 Columbia has fielded teams in various minor leagues, including:

• Columbia Senators-1892-South Atlantic League
• Columbia Skyscrapers-1904-South Atlantic League
• Columbia Gamecocks-1905-1910-South Atlantic League
• Columbia Commies-1911-South Atlantic League
• Columbia Comers-1912, 1914-1917, 1919-1923, 1925-1930-South Atlantic League
• Columbia Sandlappers-1934-Piedmont League
• Columbia Senators-1936-1937-South Atlantic League
• Columbia Reds-1938-1941, 1946-1954, 1960-1961-South Atlantic League
• Columbia Gems-1955-1959-South Atlantic League
• Columbia Mets-1983-1992-South Atlantic League
• Capital City Bombers-1993-2004-South Atlantic League

Summer college teams:

• Columbia Blowfish-2006-present-Coastal Plain League

The Blowfish hosted the 2007 Coastal Plain League All-Star Game.

Notable Columbia Baseball Alumni

• Goose Goslin
• Lloyd Waner
• Ted Kluszewski
• Joe Adcock
• Frank Robinson
• Randy Myers
• Gregg Jeffries
• Dave Magadan
• Anthony Young
• Todd Hundley
• José Reyes
• David Wright
• Scott Kazmir

External links

• Official Site
• Coastal Plain League