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On behalf of our entire team, I want to welcome you to Segra Park, home of the Columbia Fireflies!
We truly appreciate you choosing to spend some time with us at the ballpark during the 2025 season. It’s hard to believe that it has been 10 years since the ballpark opened in 2016, but as we all know, time flies when you’re having fun! Over the course of 10 years, we have welcomed over 2.4 million guests through those beautiful arched gateways into the ballpark for Fireflies games and so many other events. This season, we will welcome the 2 millionth fan to attend a Fireflies game, and I’m sure that we will do some celebrating when that special night happens. It has been a busy offseason for us with concerts, banquets, breakfasts and our newest annual tradition of Fireflies Holiday Lights. This year we added even more lights throughout the ballpark to take the total to more than 1.5 million LED lights! Nearly 42,000 guests joined us for the holiday light show extravaganza and enjoyed S’mores at our fire pits and of course sharing their wish list with Santa. If you haven’t had a chance to join us for Fireflies Holiday Lights over the past three years, I would really encourage you to check it out this year! www.FirefliesHolidayLights.com Last year was also a big year for us as an organization as we were recognized not once, but twice as the Single A Organization of the year. Both Major League Baseball and Baseball America honored our team with this prestigious award, and I couldn’t be any prouder of our team that makes it happen every day. From our full-time staff who put countless hours into planning and putting on a show each night to our gameday team who serves our fans so well at every game and event that we host. I am truly blessed to come to work every day with this amazing group of people! Here are a couple articles about the awards:
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Baseball America: https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/columbia-fireflies- baseball-americas-2024-single-a-freitas-award-winner/
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Major League Baseball: https://www.wistv.com/2024/10/24/columbia-fireflies- named-2024-single-a-organization-year/
2025 marks our fifth year working with the Kansas City Royals as their Single A affiliate and it has truly been an honor to work with such a great franchise. The 2024 season ended with the best overall record in Fireflies history and lots of future big leaguers making their way to Columbia including the Royals number two overall prospect, Blake Mitchell. No matter what happens on the field, we strive to make sure that every Fireflies game is a great experience from the moment you park your car until you drive away at the end of a great night. Our team is here to serve you, so please don’t hesitate to let one of our team members know if there is something that we can do to enhance
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On behalf of our entire team, we hope that you will have an unforgettable experience at Segra Park. Please come back and visit us again soon for another Fireflies game, Fireflies Holiday Lights or one of the numerous events that are hosted at Segra Park every year. This ballpark was built by the community, for the community, and we can’t wait to welcome you back!
BRAD SHANK President of the Columbia Fireflies
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FAN CODE OF CONDUCT The Columbia Fireflies are committed to creating a family-friendly and welcoming environment at the ballpark for all guests. As part of that commitment, we have adopted this written policy addressing fan behavior. The policy includes a Fan Code of Conduct, which is fan- facing and describes how fans are expected to behave. Fan Code of Conduct: In order to provide a welcoming experience for all, the Columbia Fireflies have implemented a Fan Code of Conduct. Out of respect for fellow guests, players, coaches, and ballpark staff, all guests are prohibited from: • Trespassing on the playing field at any time; • Interfering with baseballs that are in play; • Throwing or tossing objects; • Using foul, obscene or derogatory language (see below) or gestures; • Misusing or overconsuming alcohol, including, underage consumption; • Behaving in a manner that is disruptive, unruly, or abusive; • Accessing areas of the ballpark without a proper ticket, pass, or credential; • Misusing tickets, passes, or credentials in any way; or • Bringing prohibited items into the ballpark. • Only service dogs are allowed (outside of “Dog Days”) Derogatory language is defined as offensive language concerning a person’s race, ethnicity, gender, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, or national origin, and anyone using such language is subject to automatic ejection from the ballpark. Violations of the Fan Code of Conduct will not be tolerated and may lead to ejection from the ballpark, a ban on attending future games, or other consequences. Guests who are found to have used derogatory language will be ejected from the ballpark. Guests are encouraged to report violations of the Fan Code of Conduct to the nearest ballpark staff member. This can be done in person, at the nearest Guest Services location, directly with Ballpark Security or by venuesafety@columbiafireflies.com.
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The Story Behind the Clinch By John Kocsis Jr.
The Fireflies moved to Segra Park in 2016 and played their first game in Charleston April 7. After that, Columbia won their home opener April 14, 2016 vs the Greenville Drive. The Fireflies have had plenty of storybook moments and a few dozen players make the bigs, but until 2025, no Fireflies team had clinched a playoff berth.
Henry Ramos got things started with a tenth inning single June 10 to get the Fireflies a game closer. After that, Saturday, June 14, the Fireflies had a doubleheader where they were trailing entering the final frame in each game. In game one, Hyungchan Um roped a walk-off double to beat Kannapolis 5-4 in seven frames, which set the table for an exciting game two. In game two, the bases were loaded with two outs and a 3-2 pitch where Asbel Gonzalez got plunked to score the winning run for Columbia and to give them sole possession of first place for the first time in a few weeks. The Fireflies led the South Division for most of the first half. After a 15-8 April, Columbia led the division race until May 24, when a loss to Kannapolis sent the Fireflies to second for the first time since April 16. It took until that doubleheader June 14 for Columbia to reclaim first and ultimately clinch their first playoff berth in franchise history. It took the Fireflies 1,126 games to earn their first playoff berth and it is the city’s first professional baseball playoff berth since the Capital City Bombers clinched a spot in the 2004 South Atlantic League Playoffs. Now you can be a part of history. Tickets go on-sale to the general public for the 2025 post-season starting July 24 at noon. Fans can purchase those tickets at FirefliesTickets.com. If you don’t want to forget, you can join the Fireflies priority list, where members will get first access to tickets starting at 9 am July 24. You can join the priority playoff ticket list here .
This season, the Fireflies finished the first half 36-30, which was good enough to win the Carolina League South Division title. That earned the Fireflies a berth in the 2025 Carolina League playoffs, which is a best of three series. Columbia will play game one at the South Division Second Half Champion’s ballpark September 9 before coming home to play game two at Segra Park Thursday, September 11. If necessary, there will be a winner-take-all game three Friday, September 12 at Segra Park. The path to a post-season berth was bumpy at times for the Fireflies. Columbia was one of only a pair of teams in the South Division that was outscored by their opponents in the first half. The Fireflies were outscored 323-304 over the first 66 games of the season. The club finished with the ninth-best batting average in the 12- team Carolina League (.225) and had the eighth-best team ERA in the circuit (4.24). Despite some hiccups, the Fireflies held things together best in late and close scenarios. The Fireflies had the most saves in the first half (19) and also had 19 holds, which were good for fourth-most in the circuit. The team also took advantage of some extra home cooking in the first half. Columbia finished the first half 23-13 in 36 home games across the first 66 games of the season compared to a 13-17 record in 30 road contests during half number one. Pitching wasn’t the only way that Columbia came through in the clutch, six of Columbia’s 23 home wins (26%) were via the walk-off win. The Fireflies first walk- off win came April 22 when Stone Russell launched a 10th inning single to upend the Carolina Mudcats 12-11. The team had two additional walk-off winners in May, including a three-run homer from Ramon Ramirez that marked the Fireflies first walk-off homer in a pair of years, but the big clutch series came in June during the Fireflies last homestand of the first half. The Fireflies were locked in fourth place, two games behind the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers, who happened to be visiting town. Columbia won five of the six games in that series, all by a single run, and they won three of them in walk-off fashion to vault from fourth to first place and to give them a magic number of two entering the final three games of the half.
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UPCOMING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS OF THE GAME Please stop by their kiosks during the game and learn more about these important local organizations!
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The Fireflies strive to give back to the community in which we all live. If you are interested in being a Community Organization of the Game, please contact Matt Chernesky at mchernesky@columbiafireflies.com
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