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Eddie Popowski on the cover of a 1946 Roanoke Red Sox baseball program from the Piedmont League

Roanoke Red Sox

The Roanoke Red Sox were a Class B farm of the Boston Red Sox that competed in the Piedmont League, a minor league circuit made up mostly of teams from Virginia and the Carolinas. The team was sometimes referred to as the “Ro-Sox” in press accounts of the early 1950’s. Roanoke won Piedmont League crowns in 1947 and 1950.

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