<Tr> <Th> General Manager </Th> <Td> Wade Howell </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Media </Th> <Td> 960 AM WRNS </Td> </Tr> <P> The Down East Wood Ducks are a Minor League Baseball team of the Carolina League (CL), and the owned - and - operated High - A affiliate of the Texas Rangers . They are located in Kinston, North Carolina . Established in 2017, the team plays its home games at Grainger Stadium, which opened in 1949 and holds 4,100 fans . </P> <P> Kinston has hosted a farm club for eleven different major league franchises and one minor league club in its baseball history . Professional baseball in Kinston dates back to a 1908 squad in the Eastern Carolina League . </P>

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