Tag: Jay Acton

Sullivan County Mountain Lions

The Sullivan County Mountain Lions independent baseball team was a One-Year Wonder that played in the tiny hamlet of Mountain Dale (pop. 869) in New York’s Hudson Valley region during the summer of 1995. The Lions’ Baxter Stadium was named after Ruth Baxter, whose claim to fame was purchasing the very first pair of Mountain Lions season tickets. “She essentially got naming rights and season tickets for $125,” former Cougars President Mike McGuire recalled in 2015.

Read More »
1986 Watertown Pirates baseball program from the New York-Penn League

Watertown Pirates

The Watertown Pirates were the short season Class A farm club of the Pittsburgh Pirates in the New York-Penn League for six seasons from 1983 through 1988. Several future Major League stars came through Watertown during the Pirates era, including Jay Buhner (1984), Moises Alou (1986 & 1987) and Tim Wakefield (1988). The Watertown Indians replaced the Pirates for the 1989 NY-Penn League season.

Read More »
Julio Franco Peninsula Pilots

Peninsula Pilots

Carolina League (1976-1992) Born: 1976 Moved: October 1992 (Wilmington Blue Rocks) First Game: April 16, 1976 (W 7-3 vs. Salem Pirates) Last Game: September 8, 1992

Read More »