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1968 Oklahoma City 89ers Baseball Program from the Pacific Coast League

Oklahoma City 89ers

The “89ers” (1962-1997) is the best known appellation of Oklahoma City’s long-running Class AAA minor league baseball team. The team’s name derives from the Land Rush of 1889, the same frenzied appropriation and settlement of Native American lands that inspired the University of Oklahoma’s “Sooners” nickname. Following the 1997 season, the 89ers changed leagues, stadiums and names all at once. The franchise became the Oklahoma RedHawks in 1998 and, after another re-brand in 2015, plays on today as the Oklahoma City Dodgers.

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1985 Pittsfield Cubs baseball program from the Eastern League

Pittsfield Cubs

The Pittsfield Cubs were the Class AA farm club of the Chicago Cubs for four seasons between 1985 and 1988.  The arrival of the Cubs marked the return of pro baseball to historic Wahconah Park for the first time since the Berkshire Brewers departed after the 1976 season. Future stars Mark Grace, Jamie Moyer and Rafael Palmeiro all played in Pittsfield during the Cubs era.

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1985 Charleston Rainbows Baseball Program from the South Atlantic League

Charleston Rainbows

The Charleston Rainbows were a Class A farm club in the South Atlantic League (1980-Present) from 1985 to 1993. The team took its name from Charleston’s “Rainbow Row” of historic homes on East Bay Street. The Rainbows served as farm club of the San Diego Padres from 1985 to 1992 and for the Texas Rangers in 1993. In 1994 the franchise changed its identity again, becoming the Charleston RiverDogs.

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Utica Blue Sox New-York Penn League

Utica Blue Sox

New York-Penn League (1977-2001) Born: 1981 – Re-branded from Utica Blue Jays Moved: 2001 (Aberdeen Ironbirds) First Game: June 19, 1981 (W 5-4 @ Little Falls Mets)

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