Lafayette Drillers

[1] The Drillers were created when the Amarillo Giants transferred to Lafayette after a 1974 campaign that saw them draw a total of less than 46,000 fans.

The Drillers were declared league co-champions with the Midland Cubs when the playoffs were rained out after four games and the series was tied at two wins each.

[3] With the muddy field causing unplayable conditions, league president Bobby Bragan suggested that the Drillers and Cubs settle matters with a tug of war.

Thirty years later, then-Driller radio announcer John Steigerwald recalled: "So, the fans who came to Clark Field in Lafayette to see future major leaguers decide a Double-A championship saw 50 young guys trying to pull each other into a pile of mud.

The Lafayette franchise then moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1977, returning the city to the Texas League fold after eleven years in Triple-A.