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That's great logo thank you Wiseman.
Thehef, that's a fun question, thanks for asking.
for a bit of backstory, I used the January 1953 case Toolson v New York Yankees as the breaking off point for my alternate timeline. In this version of that case the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Toolson, basically removing the antitrust exemption from MLB. The PCL played out the 1953 season with their open classification but made it very clearly known that their intent was to be a pro league starting in 1954.
During the 1953 season, the owners of the Denver Bears (western league) purchased the Oakland Oaks with the intent to merge the organizations together and establish Denver as a professional baseball city, retaining the Denver Bears name.
With it's elevation to a professional league, a few of the teams underwent some rebranding to elevate their logos and mascots to the same higher level.
1954 Western League
Denver Bears
Portland Beavers
Seattle Pilots
San Francisco Nuggets
Sacramento Solons
Hollywood Stars
Los Angeles Angels
San Diego Padres
In this timeline Dewey Soriano never became president of the PCL, instead he went from being president of the Western International League to a majority shareholder of the Seattle Rainiers, and renamed them the Seattle Pilots because of his connection to being a harbor pilot and the city's aviation history (just like he did irl).
The San Francisco Seals were rebranded as the San Francisco Nuggets to align their branding closer to that of their NFL team the 49ers.
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