South Georgia Waves to be owned by Mattingly, Ripken
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Posted 6:01PM on Monday 13th January 2003 ( 22 years ago )
ALBANY - Baseball greats Don Mattingly and Cal Ripken Junior will become partial owners of the Class A South Georgia Waves.<br>
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Waves owner David Heller says he has arranged to sell minority shares of the team, a member of the South Atlantic League and an affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers.<br>
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The Waves arrived in Albany in March, but poor attendance led Heller to move the team to Evansville, Indiana, which is Mattingly's home town.<br>
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The team is expected to move in 2004. <br>
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Evansville's mayor has proposed building a new downtown 6,000-seat stadium. The Waves had an average home attendance of about one thousand and a 75-63 record in 2002.
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