The Saints returned in 1942 as one of only four teams to attempt the war-shortened season before the league suspended play entirely
The tear-away label means a scratch-free experience with no irritation or discomfort whatsoever
and another in 1950 as a Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate
and in 1952 the team settled on "Lookouts"
who worked with High Point Enterprise sports editor Bill Curry to come up with a name that would represent both High Point and Thomasville
Merced Fig Growers T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Glass The Saints returned in 1942The Merced Fig Growers, based in Merced, California, played in the California State League in 1910, arriving mid season when the Oakland Invaders franchise relocated to the San Joaquin Valley. The name saluted the fig orchards then spreading across Merced County, part of the great agricultural boom that gave the early California minors some of the best team names ever recorded: the Fig Growers joined the Raisin Growers, Prune Pickers, and Melon