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the Prune Pickers immediately became one of the circuit's steadiest clubs

Charleston fielded teams in the Eastern Illinois League under different names in 1907 and 1908 (first the Charleston Broom Corn Cutters and then the Charleston Evangelists

helping small towns embrace America’s pastime during a period of rapid growth in minor league baseball

and the ballclub was named for the harvest that defined it

which also collapsed midway through the 1915 campaign

New Iberia Pelicans T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Louisiana pennsylvania the Prune Pickers immediately becameThe New Iberia Pelicans, based in New Iberia, Louisiana, carried the name of Louisiana's state bird during the stretches that best defined the franchise's legacy. New Iberia fielded a team in every Evangeline League season but the last, making it the second most consistent city in the circuit behind only Alexandria. The city's teams appeared under several names, most extensively as the Cardinals, before the Pelicans banner flew during the franchise's