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A flat-brimmed cowboy figure leaning on a bat represents the kind of character you would find on any cotton farm or cattle spread across the Llano Estacado in the 1950s

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Hammond Berries Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Louisiana Size:L the hard-hittingThe Hammond Berries, based in Hammond, Louisiana, were the most successful franchise in the Evangeline League's post war era, winning the championship in 1947, 1949, and 1951. The team took its name from the strawberry farming that defined the region: Hammond sat at the center of Louisiana's strawberry belt, and the club played home games at Berry Stadium on the campus of what is now Southeastern Louisiana University. The Berries started slowly,