[8] The owner of the Pittsburgh Hardhats of the APSPL brought a challenge in federal court in an attempt to prevent splitting the young professional sport.
[9][6][7] Donnie Rardin, a former Bourbon who was now changing teams for the 4th time in the 4 years of professional softball, was brought on by Stepien and would play for and serve as General Manager for Lexington, former Bourbon Dave Bair managed the team, and ex-Bourbons Phil Schroer and Phil Gowdy joined them on the Stallions.
[10] [11][12][13][14] The Stallions had an unremarkable run in 1980, finishing the season with a 30-32 (.486) record, good for 3rd place in the NASL Western Division, 18 games the Milwaukee Schlitz.
The Stallions also featured former Bourbon Terry Davis, Jim Dunn, who had been signed by the Dallas Cowboys in 1970, Bendal Bagby,[20][21][22] and Thom Deskins, who had played minor league baseball in the Chicago Cubs organization.
[23][24][1] After the season, the NASL and the APSPL officially merged, but only the Milwaukee Schlitz would go to the new United Professional Softball League (UPSL) and the Stallions disbanded.