Macon Peaches (1980-1982)
June 16, 2019
Macon, Georgia was a mainstay on the Southeastern minor league circuit from the turn of the 20th century until the arrival of the Atlanta Braves in 1966. For virtually all of that time, the city’s ball club was known as the Macon Peaches. The city lost its team the year after the Braves arrived and went without pro baseball for 12 years. When the South Atlantic League returned to Macon in 1980 with an expansion franchise, the club re-claimed the historic ‘Peaches’ name.
