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1987 Wichita Pilots baseball program from the Texas League

Wichita Pilots

Wichita, Kansas lost its Class AAA baseball team when the Wichita Aeros left town following the 1984 season. After two summers without baseball, the city got a Class AA Texas League franchise in 1987 when the Beaumont Golden Gators moved to town. The Wichita Pilots would play just two seasons in 1987 and 1988, but during that short time the club won a Texas League championship and helped develop brothers and future Major League stars Roberto Alomar and Sandy Alomar, Jr. New owners re-named the team the Wichita Wranglers in 1989.

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Greensboro Hornets Baseball

Greensboro Hornets

The Greensboro Hornets were a popular Class A minor league baseball team that played from 1979 through 1993. The Hornets led the Western Carolinas League and its successor, the South Atlantic League, in attendance for fourteen consecutive seasons between 1979 and 1992. While serving as a New York Yankees farm team during the early 1980’s, the Hornets would three consecutive South Atlantic League championships in 1980, 1981 and 1982. The franchise remains in Greensboro to this day, but gave up the Hornets name in favor of the ‘Bats’ in 1994 and changed names again in 2005, becoming the ‘Grasshoppers’.

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1991-92 Music City Jammers Pocket Schedule

Music City Jammers

Global Basketball Association (1991-1992) Born: 1991 – GBA founding franchise Moved: 1992 (Jackson Jammers) First Game: Last Game: GBA Champions: 1992 Nashville Municipal Auditorium Opened: 1962 Team

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Huntsville Stars Baseball

Huntsville Stars

Southern League (1985-2014) Born: August 1984 – The Nashville Sounds relocate to Huntsville, AL Move Announced: January 10, 2014 (Biloxi Shuckers) First Game: April 12, 1985

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1982 Evansville Triplets baseball program from the American Association

Evansville Triplets

American Association (1970-1984) Born: 1970 – American Association expansion franchise Moved: 1985 (Nashville Sounds) First Game: April 17, 1970 (L 3-0 @ Omaha Royals) Last

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