While working as a photo editor for The State newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina in 1999, I spent part of my off time covering a season in the minors. That is the city’s Minor League baseball club, the Capital City Bombers. The team played in the South Atlantic League as a Class A farm club for the New York Mets from 1993 through the 2004 season.

Baseball at Columbia’s Capital City Stadium along the banks of the Congaree River is more than the crack of the bat, the pop of the mitt and the endless noise of promotions. Before and after the game, and behind the scenes during game time, other little dramas play themselves out against a backdrop of balls and strikes. The players spend hours on end with each other in locker rooms, dugouts, motels and buses. They all share one dream – the goal of one day being Big League ball players.

Further Reading

  • Learn the history of the Bombers club at this Wikipedia site for the Greenville Drive.