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1987 Shreveport Captains baseball program from the Texas League

Shreveport Captains (1971-2000)

The Shreveport Captains held a membership in Minor League Baseball’s Texas League for thirty seasons between 1971 and 2000. For most of that time, from 1979 onward, the team served as a farm team for the San Francisco Giants. The Captains were a Texas League dynasty during the 1990’s, advancing to the playoff championship series five times and winning three league titles. New owners changed the team’s name to the Shreveport Swamp Dragons in 2001 and the franchise moved away to Frisco, Texas a year later following the 2002 season.

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1978 Iowa Oaks baseball program from the American Association

Iowa Oaks

The Iowa Oaks baseball team was a triple-A minor league club that played from 1969 to 1981 at Sec Taylor Stadium in Des Moines. During the Oaks era, the club was never especially competitive.  The Oaks only made the American Association playoffs once in thirteen seasons, advancing to the championship series in 1973, which they lost to the Tulsa Oilers. The former Oaks franchise continues to exist today under the Iowa Cubs name.

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