The Butte Copper Kings were a Montana-based minor league baseball entry in the Rookie-level Pioneer League. Founded in 1978, the Copper Kings endured for nearly a quarter of a century despite a revolving door of owners and Major League working agreements. Notable Copper Kings included Cecil Fielder, Julio Franco, Francisco Rodriguez & Omar Vizquel.
The Catskill Cougars were an on-again, off-again minor league baseball team that floated through several independent (non-Major League affiliated) pro baseball leagues during the late 1990’s. The Cougars played at Baxter Stadium in the tiny hamlet of Mountain Dale, New York (pop. 869). They opened for business in 1996, following on the heels of the short-lived Sullivan Mountain Lions (1995), who left town a few months earlier after just one summer of play.
New York-Penn League (1977-2001) Born: 1981 – Re-branded from Utica Blue Jays Moved: 2001 (Aberdeen Ironbirds) First Game: June 19, 1981 (W 5-4 @ Little Falls Mets)
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