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Colorado Silver Bullets Women's Baseball

Colorado Silver Bullets

The Colorado Silver Bullets were a barnstorming women’s professional baseball team that drew major media attention and big crowds for their battle-of-the-sexes games during the mid-1990’s The Silver Bullets played to huge crowds in historic ballparks such as Candlestick Park, Fenway Park and Coors Field in Denver. They also played countless small towns and minor league band boxes around the United States. They attracted more than a million fans and saw dozens of games broadcast on cable television during their four season run.

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Albany Polecats South Atlantic League

Albany Polecats

When South Atlantic League franchise owner Richard Holtzman moved his Sumter Flyers ball club to Albany in late 1991 it marked the return of pro baseball to the Georgia city for the first time since 1958. Several future stars came through Albany during the Polecats era, particularly during the two seasons the club was part of the fertile Montreal Expos farm system. Cliff Floyd and Ugueth Urbina (1992) and Vladimir Guerrero (1995) all became future Major League All-Stars. Guerrero would develop into a Hall-of-Famer.

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