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Then, when a photo was finally found, the mystery only grew deeper. Why a bear cub on the jersey? Turns out that the Sea Lions purchased uniforms previously used by a semi-pro club called the San Francisco Cubs.

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History: Promoter Abe Saperstein wanted a traveling baseball club to complement his famous basketball team. He first formed the West Coast Baseball Association, a fledgling Negro League on the West Coast that disbanded after only a couple months. Upon the league's death, Saperstein repurposed it into a single team under the Globetrotters name, barnstorming the country for the next few years.

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History: The Memphis Red Sox began in 1923 as an independent club and during their existence played in three different Black leagues. The team

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Then, when a photo was finally found, the mystery only grew deeper. Why a bear cub on the jersey? Turns out that the Sea Lions purchased uniforms previously used by a semi-pro club called the San Francisco Cubs.

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History:  Owned by Effa Manley––the first woman inducted into Cooperstown––and led by star outfielder Larry Doby, the '46 Eagles won the Negro World Series, defeating the Kansas City Monarchs in seven games. The following season, Doby would join the Cleveland Indians and break the American League color barrier three months after Jackie Robinson would break the Major League color barrier.

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History:  The West Coast Baseball Association was an attempt at a western Negro League competitor, but it only lasted one season. The Seattle entry in the league was actually Abe Saperstein's Harlem Globetrotter baseball team under a new name, that of a local variety of salmon.

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