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What do you get if you grind dried maize and hominy, and make porridge from it? The Carolina Grits are the newest addition to Minor League Baseball’s decades-long food craze. The Columbia Fireflies have a new alternate name that celebrates the Southern culinary staple.
“Dating back nearly 200 years to its Native American roots, grits … are embedded in the history of our region, our state, and our city,” the team said in a statement. “It was only right that we chose the Carolina Grits as our first food brand.”
The logo shows an anthropomorphic grit-filled baseball cap wielding what looks like a baseball bat. This year in Segra Park where the Fireflies play, there will be a special concession titled “Grits, Ya’ll!” will serve local grits—based on the logo one can only hope they’ll be served in a miniature plastic helmet.
Grits are synonymous with Southern culture, to the point that they’re the state food in Georgia, where Fireflies were known as Savannah Sand Gnats. In 1976, the Fireflies current home state, South Carolina, introduced a bill to make grits its state food. However, the bill did not pass.
The Fireflies will play as the Grits for eight games this season, beginning April 26–28 for three games against the Augusta GreenJackets, then again May 16, June 18, July 1, August 8, and September 4.
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