City: Savannah, GA

Category: Spectator Sports

Telephone: (912) 351-9150

Address: 1401 East Victory Dr.

Description: The city’s Class A minor-league baseball team, an affiliate of the New York Mets, plays 70 regular season games at Grayson, where the brick grandstand was built in 1941. Located at the eastern end of Daffin Park, the stadium stands amid tall pines and oaks dripping with Spanish moss, and it’s a great place to sit back, relax, and enjoy the national pastime while sipping a cold beer and devouring some peanuts—the boiled variety being the most popular in this part of the world.Savannah began fielding a professional baseball team in 1904 and is a charter member of the South Atlantic League. Since 2007 the team has been affiliated with the New York Mets. A big part of the fun of following the Sand Gnats, regardless of their affiliation, is knowing that you might very well be watching a future big-league star. The Sand Gnats organization schedules numerous special events and promotions and giveaways of baseball caps, T-shirts, replica jerseys, bobbleheads, beer steins, backpacks, and baseball-card team sets. After-game fireworks are held several times each summer, and it’s usually the best display available locally. Games start at 7:05 p.m. on weekdays and 2:05 p.m. on Sun. General admission is $7 to $10 for adults (depending on where you sit) and $4 for ages 4 to 14, senior citizens, and military personnel; kids younger than age 3 get in free.Reserved seats are $8, and box seats run $10, if you can get them. There are usually a couple of free games a year, with admission sponsored by a company or organization. You can reserve tickets by calling the number listed, or you can order them online. Parking is free.