Hope then decided to put together a team outside of professionally organized baseball and secured about $2 million dollars in sponsorship from Coors Brewing Company.
The team established a base in Albany, Georgia, and played about 20 games a year at Paul Eames Sports Complex for two seasons, starting in 1995.
After the 1994 season, Lee Anne Ketcham and Julie Croteau became the first women to sign with the Class A and AA men's Hawaii Winter Baseball league.
[2] In 1996, four players hit home runs and Pam Davis, in a guest appearance with the AA Jacksonville Suns, pitched a scoreless inning of relief against the Australian Olympic men's team.
In 1997, Jenny Dalton, Toni Heisler and Tamara Holmes hit over .300 and the team dramatically won their final game to finish with a record of 23-22, for their first winning season.