On October 23, 2015, NPF announced the Scrap Yards Dawgs as an expansion team for the 2016 season. Kevin Shelton, also the general manager of the
Dallas Charge, was introduced as the Dawgs' GM. On May 5, 2016, the Dawgs signed free agent
Monica Abbott to a six-year contract, believed to be worth $1 million; the contract was believed to be the most lucrative paid by an individual American professional franchise to an active female athlete in any team sport.
2017 For the 2017 season, the Dawgs hired
Texas A&M associate head coach
Gerry Glasco as their head coach. Glasco's assistants would be
Oregon's Jimmy Kolaitis and
Joe Guthrie of
Bucknell. Glasco was head coach of the USSSA Pride in 2014. Kolaitis was an assistant coach for the Chicago Bandits in 2013. The Dawgs finished second during the regular season and won the 2017 Cowles Cup Championship.
2018 On January 28, the Dawgs announced via press release they would no longer be affiliated with the NPF. The NPF terminated their franchise on January 29 citing that the team had violated several league operating rules and franchise requirements. The team indicated they would continue as an independent team under the name Scrap Yard Fastpitch.
2020 In June 2020, during the
George Floyd protests and after the first game of a planned seven-game series, franchise owner Connie May tweeted a photo of players standing with hands on heart captioned "Everyone respecting the flag," a reference to the
U.S. national anthem protests. May tagged President and protest critic
Donald Trump in the tweet. All eighteen players quit the team. The players vowed to never play for Scrap Yard again and formed a new team tentatively named This Is Us. Scrapping together donated uniforms, the players returned to the field days later, defeating the USSSA Pride. Coach Michael Steuerwald and several former Scrap Yard staffers remained with the new team. ==Team==