Apr. 22—NORTH AUGUSTA — One of the Aiken-Augusta area's signs of spring is on track to appear in a couple of weeks, as the Augusta GreenJackets gear up for their season opener — their first home game in "close to 600 days," as noted in a Thursday announcement.
The squad, now affiliated with the Atlanta Braves, is to to be in action in SRP Park May 4 and face the Columbia Fireflies, an affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. Both squads are in the Low-A East League, where their fellow South Division neighbors are the Charleston Riverdogs (Tampa Bay Rays) and Myrtle Beach Pelicans (Chicago Cubs).