Tag: Calvin Falwell

Lynchburg Rangers Carolina League

Lynchburg Rangers

The Lynchburg Rangers were a One-Year Wonder in the Class A Carolina League during the summer of 1975. The Virginia city has been a fixture in the Carolina League since 1966 and played host to nine different Major League parent clubs during that time. It’s likely that no Major League sponsor had a less consequential tenure than the Texas Rangers, who set up shop for one last-place campaign and blew town one day after the 1975 season ended.

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Trot Nixon on the cover of a 1994 Lynchburg Red Sox baseball program from the Carolina League

Lynchburg Red Sox

Carolina League (1988-1994) Born: 1988 – Affiliation change from Lynchburg Mets Re-Branded: November 1994 (Lynchburg Hillcats) First Game: Last Game: Carolina League Championships: None City

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1972 Lynchburg Twins baseball program from the Carolina League

Lynchburg Twins

The Lynchburg Twins were part of the procession of Carolina League ball clubs that have made their home in the central Virginia city since the mid-1960’s. The Twins followed the Lynchburg White Sox  and preceded the Rangers, Mets, Red Sox and Hill Cats.

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Lynchburg Mets Carolina League Baseball

Lynchburg Mets

The Lynchburg Mets were a Class-A farm club of the New York Mets for 12 seasons. This included a stretch in the early 1980’s when the Mets boasted one of the richest farm systems in Major League Baseball. The L-Mets won back-to-back Carolina League crowns in 1983 and 1984 and produced four straight Carolina League Most Valuable Players during the middle of the decade: Lenny Dykstra (’83), Barry Lyons (’84), Shawn Abner (’85) & Gregg Jeffries (’86).

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1967 Lynchburg White Sox Program. Carolina League Baseball

Lynchburg White Sox

South Atlantic League (1962-1963) Southern League (1964-1965) Carolina League (1966-1969) Born: August 26, 1962 – The Savannah White Sox relocate to Lynchburg, VA Re-Branded: Postseason 1969

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