The St. Joe Blacksnakes were a short-lived pro baseball club based out of St. Joseph, Missouri. The ‘Snakes competed in the first two seasons of the independent American Association in 2006 and 2007. After a competitive debut season, the Blacksnakes endured a dreadful sophomore slump and folded quietly at the end of the 2007 campaign.
The Memphis Wings hockey team was the first pro sports team to take up residence in Memphis’ newly-constructed 10,000-seat Mid-South Coliseum during the winter of 1964. The Wings were a directly owned farm club of the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings and featured a number of former and future NHL stars, including future Hall of Famers Pat Quinn and Glen Sather.
The Quebec Carnavals were one of two minor league baseball expansion franchises awarded to the province of Quebec during the winter of 1970-71. Both the Carnavals and Les Aigles de Trois-Rivieres were members of the Class AA Eastern League, which grew from six clubs in 1970 to eight in 1971 with the expansion into Francophone Canada. The Carnavals served as a farm team for the Montreal Expos and helped to develop future stars such as Gary Carter, Warren Cromartie and Steve Rogers.
The Richmond Wildcats played just 38 games in the faltering Southern Hockey League during the winter of 1976-77. Richmond’s crippling financial problems forced its players to play nearly half the 1976-77 season without salaries or insurance and contributed to the eventual collapse of the SHL midway through its fourth season.
The Anderson Senators were a Class A farm team of the American League’s Washington Senators based out of Anderson, South Carolina. The team competed in the Western Carolinas League during the summers of 1970 and 1971 and developed four future Major League ballplayers.
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