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Modesto A's California League

Modesto A’s

California League (1975-2004) Born: 1975 Re-Branded: December 2004 (Modesto Nuts) First Game: April 15, 1975 (L 7-6 vs. Bakersfield Dodgers) Last Game: September 20, 2004

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1971 Modesto Reds baseball program from the California League

Modesto Reds

The Modesto Reds were a Class A minor league baseball team in the California League from 1966 to 1974.  Contrary to what you might expect, the Reds were not a farm club of the Cincinnati Reds.  Rather “Reds” was a traditional name for Modesto ball clubs, dating back to the original Reds of the California State League (1914-1915) and a prior Postwar incarnation of the Reds that operated from 1946-1961.

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