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Daytona Beach Astros Florida State League

Daytona Beach Astros

December 23, 2018

The Daytona Beach Astros were a Class A farm club of the Houston Astros from 1978 until 1984. The team was one of the most popular draws in the Florida State League in the early 1980’s under the management of General Manager Don Miers and out-of-town owner Harry Valentine of New York. Daytona Beach had a long history in the Florida State League dating back to 1920. The Astros became the city’s first team to draw 100,000 fans in a season, peaking at 102,510 for their final campaign in the summer of 1984.

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1968 Oklahoma City 89ers Baseball Program from the Pacific Coast League

Oklahoma City 89ers

December 22, 2017

The “89ers” (1962-1997) is the best known appellation of Oklahoma City’s long-running Class AAA minor league baseball team. The team’s name derives from the Land Rush of 1889, the same frenzied appropriation and settlement of Native American lands that inspired the University of Oklahoma’s “Sooners” nickname. Following the 1997 season, the 89ers changed leagues, stadiums and names all at once. The franchise became the Oklahoma RedHawks in 1998 and, after another re-brand in 2015, plays on today as the Oklahoma City Dodgers.

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