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The Augusta GreenJackets are a minor league baseball team that plays in Augusta, Georgia as a Class A affiliate of the San Francisco Giants. Lake Olmstead Stadium has been the home of the Greenjackets since the 1999 season, although Augusta has fielded a team in the South Atlantic League since 1989.
Before the Giants took over the club's affiliation after the 2004 season, the GreenJackets were a part of the Boston Red Sox organization. The Red Sox replaced the Pirates in Augusta, but as the club with the briefest affiliation, the GreenJackets have third baseman Kevin Youkilis as the only of their prospects to made the Red Sox roster, although knuckle baller Tim Wakefield pitched here in 1989 with the Pirates organization. The Red Sox' relationship with Augusta met with immediate success when the Greenjackets won the South Atlantic League championship in their first year as an affiliate team.
Built primarily as a baseball facility between 1994 and 1995, Lake Olmstead Stadium has been transformed by the GreenJackets into a versatile entertainment center for Augusta and the surrounding communities. The stadium seats 4,400, with nearly 1,000 box seats, 830 reserved seats, over 2,000 general admission seats, and also offers a large 500 person picnic area down the left field line and a Grill and Bar area down the right field line. Lake Olmstead Stadium has been the site of events associated with The Masters golf tournament, many concerts, the Annual Masters Beach Blast Concertand, and other special events as well.
Beside Wakefield and Youkilis, other Major League Baseball players that performed at Lake Olmstead Stadium include Moises Alou, Jason Kendall, Orlando Merced, and Carlos Garcia.
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