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moved to the Wisconsin State League (1928-31 and 1934-37)

The Missions name itself has deep baseball roots in the region

who raises the American flag over Fort Sackville in the novel's Revolutionary War story

the Bees became the San Jose Giants

The 1960 team went 64-74 under Andy Seminick

Merced Bears T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California brunswick pirates moved to the Wisconsin StateThe Merced Bears, based in Merced, California, were a charter member of the California League, founded in 1941 as a Class C circuit, and were fittingly a farm club of the Boston Bees, as the Boston Braves were then briefly known. Merced was the smallest market among the eight founding cities, and the Bears struggled accordingly, finishing last at 50 86, a full 38 games behind pennant winning Fresno. That one season was the whole story. When World War