History
Before 2003, the team played at Point Stadium in Johnstown, Pennsylvania as the Johnstown Johnnies. The team moved to Johnstown from Erie, Pennsylvania, where they were known as the Erie Sailors, in 1995 and was known as the Steal until the 1998 season. The team won two Frontier League championships in their time in Johnstown, one in 1995 as the Steal and one in 2000 as the Johnnies. The team was sold after the 2002 season and moved to Florence, where it became known as the Freedom.
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