Forest City Owls
Founded	2007
Home Field	McNair Field McNair Field McNair Field is a 1,494-seat baseball stadium located in Forest City, North Carolina. It was built in 2008 as the home of the Forest City Owls baseball team...
Based in	Forest City, North Carolina Forest City, North Carolina Forest City, formerly known as "Burnt Chimney," is a town in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 7,549 as of the 2000 census.-Geography:Forest City is located at ....
Colors	Forest Green and Gold
League	Coastal Plain League Coastal Plain League The Coastal Plain League is a wood-bat collegiate summer league, featuring college players from throughout the nation. The league takes its name from a Class D minor league baseball league which operated in the same area from 1937 to 1952. The modern league was formed with six teams in 1997...
League Titles	2(2009,2010)
Head Coach	Phil Disher
General Manager	Jeremy Boler

The Forest City Owls are a baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 team in the Coastal Plain League

Coastal Plain League

The Coastal Plain League is a wood-bat collegiate summer league, featuring college players from throughout the nation. The league takes its name from a Class D minor league baseball league which operated in the same area from 1937 to 1952. The modern league was formed with six teams in 1997...

, a collegiate summer baseball league. The team played its inaugural 2008 season in Forest City, North Carolina

Forest City, North Carolina

Forest City, formerly known as "Burnt Chimney," is a town in Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 7,549 as of the 2000 census.-Geography:Forest City is located at ....

 after the same franchise (previously known as the Stingers), owned by Ken Silver, moved from Spartanburg, South Carolina

Spartanburg, South Carolina

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 in the offseason. The Owls play their home games at McNair Field

McNair Field

McNair Field is a 1,494-seat baseball stadium located in Forest City, North Carolina. It was built in 2008 as the home of the Forest City Owls baseball team...

, a new baseball stadium constructed near downtown Forest City by the municipal government utilizing town funds, private contributions, and more than $1 million in donations from Robert C. McNair

Robert C. McNair

Robert C. McNair is an American businessman, philanthropist, and the owner of the National Football League team, the Houston Texans in Houston, Texas.-Early life and education:...

, a Forest City native and owner of the NFL Houston Texans

Houston Texans

The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team is currently a member of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

. The Owls won their home (and season) debut on Thursday, May 29, 2008, by a score of 4-2 over the Gastonia Grizzlies before 2,675 fans. McNair threw out the first pitch, and the Owls turned an ever-rare triple play

Triple Play

A triple play is a baseball play in which three outs are made as a result of continuous action without any intervening errors between outs.Triple play may also refer to:...

 in the top of the 6th inning.

In the 2009 season, the Owls won the Petitt Cup, the Coastal Plain League title, after going 51-9 in 60 games during the regular season and postseason. Forest City's 22-2 start, 24 first-half victories, 25 wins at home, and 46 regular-season wins all were CPL records. The Owls were also voted as the No. 1 collegiate summer team in the country, courtesy of pgcrosschecker.com.

On January 27, 2011 it was announced that the Owls had been selected by Team USA to host Team Japan on July 1, 2011.

In the 2011 season, the Owls went back to the CPL Playoffs to defend their back to back title. The Owls fell in the secound round to the Gastonia Grizzlies. The 2011 season was highlighted by the July 1st, 2011 game of Team Japan vs. the Forest City Owls! Over 3,700 fans attended the game and witnessed the first ever international game to be played at McNaif Field. The Owls fell 8-1 to Team Japan but came back to have a 30-25 overall record for 2011. Over 64,000 fans walked through the gates at McNair field this season. Fans go to see a lot of new on-field enterainment and all kinds of new ticket packages & specials.

External links

• Official Site
• Coastal Plain League
• N.C. baseball team racks up wins and shatters records - video segment of 2009 season; Tarheel Traveler, WRAL-TV
  WRAL-TV
  WRAL-TV, virtual channel 5 , is a television station in Raleigh, North Carolina. WRAL-TV has been the flagship station of Capitol Broadcasting Company since its inception, and is currently the CBS affiliate for the Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill/Fayetteville area, known collectively as the Triangle...
  
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