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Charleston RiverDogs (Baseball team)
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Charleston RiverDogs (Baseball team)

Biography"The Charleston RiverDogs are a minor league baseball team based in Charleston, South Carolina. The team plays in the Class Single-A South Atlantic League and are an affiliate of the New York Yankees. Their home stadium is at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park. The name originates from an urban legend that sailors in Charleston would notice large rats on the banks of the nearby Cooper and Ashley rivers, and would call them "river dogs", and was chosen in a name-the-team contest held at local Piggly Wiggly outlets in 1994." --Wikipedia The Charleston Rainbows were a minor league team based in Charleston, SC that played in the South Atlantic League 1985-1993. They were affiliated with San Diego Padres from 1985-1992 and the Texas Rangers in 1993. Their home ballpark was College Park."--Wikipedia