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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]
Men's professional softball teams from the American-Professional Softball League (APSPL) (1977-80); North American Softball League (NASL) (1980); United Professional Softball League (UPSL) (1981-82) Pages in category "Men's professional softball teams"
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The merged league competed for two seasons, before disbanding after the 1982 season, ending the pro era of men's softball. [12] [13] [14] Lima Steele's, named for the Steele's Sports Company, was a long-time power in amateur softball and entered the professional ranks in 1982, the last season of the USPL. [15] [16] [17]
McKinney was selected as the No. 1 overall draft pick by Athletes Unlimited, a burgeoning professional softball league. Due to the league’s unique structure, McKinney was not drafted to a team ...
“Give us the same grace that men's pro leagues were given and continuously are given.” Athletes Unlimited launched in 2020 with a five-week, 30-game softball season.
Milwaukee was led by local softball standout Phil Higgins, [11] along with Doug Czaplewski, Jim Dillard and Ken Parker in 1977. The Copper Hearth finished with the third-best record in the league at 38-17 (.696), three games behind league-leading Detroit Caesars, but were upset in the first round of the playoffs by the Cleveland Jaybirds 2-1.
New England began play in the second season of the 1978 American Professional Slo-Pitch League (APSPL) season. The team changed venues once during its existence, starting initially in 1978 at Blake Field in New Haven, where the Pilgrims remained through the 1980 (APSPL) season before moving to the Oakdale Sports Complex in Montville, Connecticut in their final season in the United Professional ...