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| | Minor League Baseball |
 | | Players, often still teenagers, start in Rookie League, the lowest rank of professional baseball, and work their way up to Triple A ball (represented in the state by the Charlotte Knights and the Durham Bulls of the International League), which is the level closest to the major leagues. |
 | | The big leagues had approved regulations that forced minor league teams to upgrade their facilities and when the Indians and town officials got together, they were looking for answers. |
 | | Local baseball and business leaders sold stock in the club to raise the necessary funds, and the stadium was broken down, numbered, moved and reassembled in time for the 1960 season opener. |
| www.nccbi.org /NCMagazine/2001/mag-06.01baseball.htm (3505 words) |
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