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1970 Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs baseball program from the Texas League

Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs

The Dallas-Fort Worth Spurs were a popular minor league baseball entry of the late 1960’s, co-owned famed sports investor Lamar Hunt. Future Major League stars Don Baylor, Bobby Grich, Joe Niekro, Doug DeCinces and Enos Cabell also spent time in a Spurs uniform. The Spurs were displaced when Major League Baseball’s Washington Senators moved to Arlington in 1972 and became the Texas Rangers.

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