Albany-Colonie A’s
January 27, 2021
Eastern League (1983-1984) Born: 1982 – The West Haven A’s relocate to Albany, NY Affiliation Change: September 1984 (Albany-Colonie Yankees) First Game: April 18, 1983 (L
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Pittsfield Rangers
May 10, 2018
The Pittsfield Rangers were a Class AA Eastern League farm club in Western Massachusetts from 1972 to 1975. The franchise was formerly known as the Pittsfield Senators (1970-1971) but re-branded when their Major League parent club, the Washington Senators, moved west to become the Texas Rangers in the fall of 1971. Future Major League All-Stars that played in Pittsfield during the Rangers era included Roy Howell (’72-’73), Bill Madlock (’72), Jim Sundberg (’73), Roy Smalley (’74) and Len Barker (’75). In 1976, the team changed its name to the Berkshire Brewers after the Milwaukee Brewers replaced Texas as Pittsfield’s parent club.
Albany Capitals
November 20, 2013
The Albany Capitals were a late 80’s/early 90’s professional soccer team in the capital district of New York. The club played in the American Soccer League, which was the highest level of professional soccer in the United States at the time. Despite a very modest budget, the Capitals featured U.S. National Team playes such as John Harkes, Brian Bliss and Mike Windischmann during their four-year run.
Berkshire Brewers
June 5, 2013
The Berkshire Brewers were the last in a string of Class AA Eastern League baseball clubs that made their home at historic Wahconah Park in Pittsfield, Massachusetts between 1965 and 1976. The Brewers followed the Pittsfield Red Sox (1965-1969), Pittsfield Senators (1970-1971) and Pittsfield Rangers (1972-1975).
New York Eagles
January 13, 2013
The New York Eagles were a nomadic/sporadic entry in the lower-division American Soccer League between 1978 and 1981 until years of bad debts and bounced checks finally sunk the club. The club drew poorly, as you might imagine from the team’s forlorn advertising brochure (left), showcasing the empty, rundown grandstand at Mt. Vernon’s Memorial Field in all its grainy, black-and-white decrepitude.