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1977 Newark Co-Pilots baseball program from the New York-Penn League

Newark Co-Pilots

July 14, 2012

The small town of Newark in Western New York hosted New York-Penn League baseball from 1968 until 1987. The town’s first NY-Penn League ball club owed its unusual name to its original Major League parent organization, the Seattle Pilots. The Pilots, a doomed American League expansion club, lasted for only one season in 1969. After the Pilots relocated to Wisconsin in 1970 and became the Milwaukee Brewers, the Co-Pilots retained the now obsolete name for another decade, mostly as a Brewers farm club.

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1980 Rocky Mounts Pines baseball program from the Carolina League

Rocky Mount Pines

October 15, 2011

Minor league baseball’s Rocky Mount (NC) Pines were a one-year wonder in the single-A Carolina League during the summer of 1980.  The team has attracted a minor cult following among baseball people due to its 24-114 record (.174 winning percentage), one of the worst ledgers in the history of the game.

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