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The nickname fit the geography: Davenport sits on the west bank of the Mississippi River directly across from Rock Island

The Paris Travelers

The Leafs folded after the 1958 season

that played during the 1930s and 40s

Sacramento Gilt Edges T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California rayne rice birds one season and outThe Sacramento Gilt Edges, based in Sacramento, California, played in the California League from 1898 through 1900, and no team name in the league's long history better captures the era's habit of naming ballclubs after their sponsors: the Gilt Edge name came from a beer brewed by Sacramento's Ruhstaller Brewery. Sponsorship clearly agreed with them, as the Gilt Edges won three consecutive California League championships from 1898 through 1900, led in