Syracuse Eagles
July 3, 2020
American Hockey League (1979-1980) Born: March 12, 1974 – The Jacksonville Barons announce they will relocate to Syracuse, NY Folded: Summer 1975 First Game: October 10,
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Red Springs Twins
June 29, 2020
The tiny town of Red Springs, North Carolina hosted this Class A farm team of the Minnesota Twins during the summer of 1969. Red Springs (pop. 3,383 in the 1970 Census) was the smallest community in the United States to host its own pro baseball team that summer. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Red Springs lasted just that one season in the Carolina League, earning a place in our One-Year Wonders file.
Ventura County Gulls
June 27, 2020
California League (1986) Born: 1985 – The dormant Lodi Crushers relocate to Ventura, CA Moved: September 1986 (San Bernardino Spirit) First Game: April 11, 1986
Toronto ThunderHawks
June 15, 2020
The Toronto ThunderHawks were an indoor soccer team that played for a single season at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga during the winter of 2000-01. The ThunderHawks marked the second of two unsuccessful attempts by the National Professional Soccer League to establish a club in Toronto. They followed in the footsteps of the Toronto Shooting Stars who played at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto proper during the winter of 1996-97.
West Palm Beach Tropics
June 14, 2020
The West Palm Beach Tropics were the strongest team, on and off the field, during the lone complete season of the Senior Professional Baseball Association. The SPBA was an attempt to form a Florida-based winter-time pro league for players age 35 & above. The eight-team circuit recruited a large number of well-known former Major Leaguers, along with a handful of career minor league ballplayers who still had something left in the tank.