South Boston franchise up for sale

After two seasons in South Boston, the Gang is being put up for sale. Owner Paul Barbosa stated in a press conference yesterday that his heart wasn't in it any more. After three playoff appearances between Kentucky and Tijuana in six seasons, the move to South Boston didn't bring any success in 2006 or 2007. The Gang finished in 10th overall in '06 and then slipped to 11th in '07. Barbosa retires just shy of 1000 career wins (981). Barbosa was one of the original founding members of the DMBL - back in the Microleague days - as the owner of the Newark Crimewave. In 1992, he moved the team to Tampa Bay and renamed them the Sweat Sox. The Sox gave Barbosa his first winning season in 1993, but fell short of the playoffs. After the strike, the Sweat Sox were disbanded, but Barbosa came back with an expansion franchise in 1997 - the Lisbon Diabos. The Diabos would become the Philadelphia Eagle Wings in 1998. Barbosa gave it one last hurrah in 2000 when he purchased the Toledo Mutthens and moved them to Kentucky. The Hillbillies made the playoffs in the first season of their existence, then moved to Tijuana in 2002. The Banditos snuck into the playoffs in 2002 and in 2004. In 2004, despite posting an 79-83 record in the regular season, won a one game "play-in" game and advanced all the way to the second round, where they were just one game away from upsetting the Golden Falcons and reaching their first DMBL World Series.