WA) The Pilots were originally not scheduled to begin play until 1971 - however the date was moved 2 years ahead in order to keep the number of teams in the league even.
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The early start proved to be a disaster as Sick's Stadium was barely equipped for a minor league team, let alone the Pilots.
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History: The Rainiers shifted to a more conventional - but still classy - script-with-tail design in 1953. Bill Sweeney's Suds won 98 games and finished second to Hollywood.Jack Tobin led the league with 116 runs scored.
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Saperstein moved most of the players from his Harlem Globetrotters baseball team to play competitive baseball for the Steelheads in the West Coast Negro Baseball League.
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