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1978 Shelby Reds baseball program from the Western Carolinas League

Shelby Reds

The Shelby Reds were a short-lived farm club of the Cincinnati Reds that played the county seat of Cleveland County, North Carolina, fifty miles west of Charlotte. Though the team played in the lower depths of the minors – the Class A Western Carolinas League – and played just two seasons, the Shelby Reds nevertheless produced a handful of future Major League regulars.

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