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Originally Posted by Eugene Church
As a teenager living in New Orleans in the 1950s, the Evangeline League was one of the leagues I would follow in the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Loved that league.
Baton Rouge Red Sticks, Monroe Sports, New Iberia Pelicans, Crowley Millers, Abbeville Athletics, Houma Indians, Alexandria Aces and Hammond Berries were teams in that Class D league.
This was in the Golden Age of Baseball... pre-1955.
The minor league teams actually tried to win games and were not just to develop players like today... teams in contention for the the playoffs would go out and purchase players from higher leagues for the stretch drive. Team were composed of 50% career minor-league players (sometimes ex-MLB players) and perhaps 50% developmental rookies supplied by the Major League teams.
In general, TV and air conditioning killed the minors.
Yep, I really miss the old minor leagues prior to 1955.
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You'll see iterations of a few more coming from that group through at some point EC.
I barely follow the modern game, and being from / growing up in Australia I obviously have no such background nor stories to share, obviously. I wish I did. I haven't even seen a live MLB game!
No idea what it is about the minors that fascinates me. But, like the Negro Leagues, fascinate me they do - as is patently clear from this little exercise and my various leagues.
I'd like to have a go doing a totally reimagined set of MLB logos at some point, but I need a bigger toolkit than I have at present.
Thanks for sharing.
G