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The team began play at Rose Field in the Brookside Reservation in Cleveland. [10] [11] Ted Stepien bought the team in 1978 and would change the name to the Cleveland Stepien's Competitors for the 1979 season. Stepien had opened a series of private dining rooms called Competitors Clubs in Cleveland and the team name was to promote the ...
The New Jersey Statesmen, sometimes seen as Trenton's New Jersey Statesmen, later named the Trenton Statesmen and the Trenton Champales, were a professional softball team that played in the American Professional Slo-Pitch League (APSPL) from 1977 through 1979 at Mercer County Park in West Windsor, New Jersey (1977–78) and Wetzel Field in Chambersburg, New Jersey (1979).
In 1981 the APSPL merged with NASL to create the United Professional Softball League (UPSL), but only the Milwaukee franchise came from the NASL to the new league as the other NASL teams folded. [17] [18] The merged league competed for two seasons, before disbanding after the 1982 season, ending the pro era of men's softball. [19] [20] [21]
Five OKC-area slowpitch softball players to watch. Karsen Griggs, Sr., Dale: Griggs has the 8-1 Pirates dominating Class 4A in their early quest for another state title.The Kansas signee was named ...
The Kentucky Bourbons were a professional softball team that played in two men's professional softball leagues between 1977 and 1982 at Bishop David Stadium in Louisville, Kentucky. [1] The Bourbons, Cincinnati Suds and Pittsburgh Hardhats were the only three teams to play all 6 seasons of professional softball.
Milwaukee would defeat Detroit Softball City 5–1 in the finals behind the hitting of World Series MVP Dick Laba (16-24, .667 BA). Dana Andry of the Cleveland Competitors was the USPL MVP. [22] Amateur softball legend, Andrew "Mighty Joe" Young (.476, 40 HRs, 106 RBIs) of Lima, lived up to the hype and made the all-pro team for 1982. [23]
The Texas Tech Red Raiders softball team competes in the NCAA Division I, representing Texas Tech University as a member of the Big 12 Conference. Texas Tech has played its home games at Rocky Johnson Field in Lubbock, Texas since 2001.
In 1977, Detroit dominated the league with a league-best record of 42–14, two games ahead of the Kentucky Bourbons' 40–16 mark. [49] The opening series against the Chicago Storm got attention in the league as the Caesars hit 49 home-runs in winning 3 of a 4-game series in Chicago (28-21, 25–27, 31–18, 46-24).