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[3] [4] The American Professional Slo-Pitch League (APSPL) was the first such league, launching in an era of experimentation in professional sports leagues. The APSPL was formed in 1977 by former World Football League front-office executive Bill Byrne , who would go on to found the Women's Professional Basketball League .
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 ...
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]
Oct. 24—Last season's State 3A/2A champion slowpitch softball team from Mt. Spokane was a senior-laden crew and used its No. 2 seed to move through the two-day bracket to upend league rival and ...
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 ...
Cleveland Jaybirds, American Professional Slow Pitch League (1977–78) Cleveland Stepien's Competitors, American Professional Slow Pitch League (1979) Cleveland Stepien's Competitors, North American Softball League (1980) Cleveland Competitors, United Professional Softball League (1982)
Fastpitch softball is played between two teams on a large field, with nine players (in 10u and above; 8u and below is usually played with ten players on a field at once) from one team on the field at a time. Slow-pitch softball is played with ten fielders but can be played with nine if needed.
The Zeniths softball team played at Harris Whalen Park in Penfield, New York for the 1978 and 1979 seasons in the APSPL. The Zeniths built a roster from the area amateur teams, [9] [10] including former San Francisco Giant minor-leaguer Joe Costello. [11] [12] The team then added the colorful Cal Carmen from Detroit [13] [14] before the season ...