The Pittsburgh Pirates have a relatively long history of fielding their full-season A class affiliate in the South Atlantic League. In fact, the West Virginia Power, whose home ballpark was located in Charleston, West Virginia, represented the Pirates since 2009. However, during the 2018 offseason, they relocated that team to Greensboro, NC as the Greensboro Grasshoppers. Therefore, 2019 is the inaugural season for Pittsburgh’s Grasshoppers team playing at First National Bank Field.
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Greensboro, which is located in north-central North Carolina, is the third largest city in the state.