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 tiny upstate New York city of Little Falls (pop. 6,156 in 1980) hosted the New York Mets short-season Class A farm club from 1977 until 1988. In 1984, the Little Falls Mets won their own New York-Penn League crown, defeating the Newark Orioles in a husband-versus-wife championship series. Peter “Woody” Kern owned the Little Falls Mets while his wife Susan was the nominal owner of the Newark club.
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