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The Bloomington Bloomers

The name fit the bayou setting: Houma sits deep in the Terrebonne Parish wetlands

Santa Cruz also holds a proud adjacent place in baseball history as the home region of Hall of Famer Harry Hooper

The Blues went 61-62 in 1940 (sixth place)

poor attendance forced owner Bob Broome to relocate the club 150 miles to Hazard

Wilson Tobs T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina mcalester rockets The Bloomington BloomersThe Tobs name is short for "Tobacconists," a nod to Wilson's standing as one of the world's largest tobacco markets, dating back to the original Wilson Tobacconists of 1908, who won the Eastern Carolina League title in 1909. Between stints as the Wilson Bugs in the Virginia League during the 1920s and a run in the Coastal Plain League starting in 1939, the Tobs name became permanent. The 1941 Tobs went 87 30 to win the Coastal Plain League by more