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making San Jose's Missions part of a long tradition of mission-belt baseball naming
but it is the oil-boom-era Boomers name that stands as the most distinctive chapter in the city's long baseball history
The name honored the produce-packing industry that defined the Salinas Valley
the Capitals went 86-68 in 1951 and 80-73 in 1952
Santa Barbara Saints T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Glassware The collar is ribbed knitThe Santa Barbara Saints, based in Santa Barbara, California, were a charter member of the California League, founded in 1941 as a Class C circuit, and were the league's first playoff champions. The Saints name was chosen in a popular contest that drew more than 200 different entries, announced on April 1, 1941, just weeks before the league's first pitch. The Saints were a Brooklyn Dodgers farm club, and Brooklyn took the operation seriously; when the