Tag: Midseason Meltdowns

2009 American Defenders of New Hampshire Baseball Pocket Schedule from the Can-Am League

American Defenders of New Hampshire

November 27, 2018

The American Defenders of New Hampshire were an ill-conceived independent pro baseball team that set up shop at Nashua’s Holman Stadium in 2009. Ownership’s heavy-handed military fetish extended to a plush soldier mascot named “Ground Zero” who sported the uniform number 9-11. Nashua fans wisely saved their money and the team was evicted from the stadium late in the season for unpaid bills that included stiffing the first responders who provided police and fire details at Defenders home games. Incredibly, former Boston Red Sox General Manager and future Baltimore Orioles GM Dan Duquette was mixed up in this mess.

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Norfolk Tars Piedmont League Baseball

Norfolk Tars

October 25, 2018

Piedmont League (1934-1955) Born: 1934 Folded: July 14, 1955 First Game: Last Game: Piedmont League Champions: 1934, 1936, 1937, 1943, 1951, 1953 1934-1940: Bain Field 1940-1955: High

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1990 Tacoma Express program from the Minor League Football System

Tacoma Express

July 3, 2018

Has any other football franchise ever been sunk by an ill-conceived controlled scrimmage? That may be the case with the semi-pro Tacoma Express of the short-lived Minor League Football System (MLFS).

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Shreveport Steamer American Football Association

Shreveport Steamer (1978-1981)

May 6, 2018

This second incarnation of the Shreveport Steamer was a minor league re-boot of the original Shreveport Steamer (1974-1975) of the defunct World Football League. The team was part of the American Football Association, a  dysfunctional and ever-shifting collective of semi-pro teams based primarily in Texas and the southeastern U.S. from 1977 to 1983.

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Vandergrift Pioneers

April 10, 2018

The Vandergrift Pioneers were a Class C minor league baseball team in Westmoreland County, Western Pennsylvania. The Pioneers served as a farm club of the Philadelphia Phillies for three-and-a-half seasons from 1947 to 1950. The Pioneers were the champions of the Middle Atlantic League in their debut summer of 1947. The team disbanded due to financial difficulties midway through the 1950 season.

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