The Fort Myers Miracle is the Class A Advanced minor league baseball affiliate of the Minnesota Twins Major League Baseball club, based in Fort Myers, Florida and currently managed by Jake Mauer. Home games are played at the Lee County Sports Complex in Hammond Stadium, which has a capacity of 7,500, and opened in 1991. The park is also used as the Minnesota Twins' Spring training facility.
Musician Jimmy Buffett and actor Bill Murray have been minority part-owners of the team since 1989. The majority owner is Marvin Goldklang, who also owns a stake in three other minor league baseball teams throughout the country (Hudson Valley Renegades, Charleston RiverDogs, and St. Paul Saints). Murray is also a minority part-owner of the Saints.
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