Winston-Salem Red Birds T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina cedar rapids Upon moving to the Triple

Upon moving to the Triple I the Speakers didn't have as much success

who played at Grainger Stadium until 2011

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and Raleigh had also won Carolina League titles in 1946 and 1947 under an earlier postwar incarnation of the team

based in Port Arthur

Winston-Salem Red Birds T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina cedar rapids Upon moving to the TripleWinston Salem's minor league teams had been known as the Twins since 1905, a reference to the formerly separate towns of Winston and Salem. The team became a St. Louis Cardinals farm club in 1957, taking the name Red Birds, a nod to the parent club's own nickname without using it outright. The Red Birds played four seasons in the Carolina League, from 1957 through 1960, calling Ernie Shore Field home. The 1958 club went 69 68 under manager Vern Benson