San Jose Bees 1980s Style Crewneck Sweatshirt - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Color:Light Blue minor leagues were a central

minor leagues were a central part of community life across small-town America

Indians from 1947 through 1949

and their most famous alumnus is Omar Vizquel

Their name was a contraction of "Davenport White Sox

and the season proved short: on June 29

San Jose Bees 1980s Style Crewneck Sweatshirt - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Color:Light Blue minor leagues were a centralThe San Jose Bees, based in San Jose, California, played in the California League from 1962 through 1976 and again from 1983 through 1987, two eras that could hardly have less in common. The first Bees arrived as a Los Angeles Angels affiliate and won the pennant in their debut 1962 season, then took another title in 1967. The Angels years gave way to Kansas City Royals and Cleveland affiliations, and the most famous alumnus of the era is Hall of