My Pittsburgh Pirates fan MiLB travel resumed last week with another stop at First National Bank Field in Greensboro, NC to see their class A team in the South Atlantic League—the Greensboro Grasshoppers. The Grasshoppers returned home to play a four game series against the Augusta GreenJackets (San Francisco Giants) starting Thursday August 5th. In the Augusta GreenJackets, the Grasshoppers faced a tough opponent. Augusta (29W:23L) entered the series tied for first place in the South Division with the Asheville Tourists. I attended game 2 of that series on Friday August 16th.
In a recent Bucs Dugout article about a Grasshoppers double header against Asheville, I highlighted an exceptional pitching performance by the Tourists’ starter Nick Bush as kind of a unique Minor League game experience for me.