When Major League Baseball brought a regular-season game to Fort Bragg, North Carolina in 2016, little did we know that it was sowing the seeds for pro baseball to return to southeast North Carolina in a big way.

The Fayetteville Woodpeckers are now battling the other teams of the Carolina League, and the story behind how the franchise wound up there and how their amazing ballpark came to be is fascinating. And the way the military is both honored and treated here is something you’ll want to read about.

And if you don’t feel like reading, you can look at the three dozen photos you won’t see anywhere else.

So check out our in-depth review of Segra Stadium, the cozy new nest of the Woodpeckers.

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