They were one chapter in a franchise that had carried professional baseball in the Kansas state capital under more than a dozen different names since 1886
So that's the story of one of the most unusal minor league baseball team names of all time
the league’s final season
an award presented to him mid-game when a contest at Devereux Meadow was paused in the third inning so he could accept it
Local businessman Hugo "Hooks" Kohn then led a drive to bring a new team back to Davenport
Hammond Berries T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Louisiana Size:L They were one chapter inThe Hammond Berries, based in Hammond, Louisiana, were the most successful franchise in the Evangeline League's post war era, winning the championship in 1947, 1949, and 1951. The team took its name from the strawberry farming that defined the region: Hammond sat at the center of Louisiana's strawberry belt, and the club played home games at Berry Stadium on the campus of what is now Southeastern Louisiana University. The Berries started slowly,