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Encyclopedia > Evangeline Baseball League

The Evangeline Baseball League began in 1934 as a six-team Class-D minor league in and around Louisiana, United States. The following season, the league was expanded to eight teams and ceased his operation in 1942, with six teams, during World War II conflict. It resumed his activities in 1946, getting promoted to Class-C in 1949, and lasted through 1957. The Alexandria Aces were the only team that played in all 21 regular seasons. The following are the baseball events of the year 1934 throughout the world. ... A Class A California League game in San Jose, California (1994) Minor baseball leagues are North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League Baseball. ... Official language(s) de jure: none de facto: English & French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans [1] Area  Ranked 31st  - Total 51,885 sq mi (134,382 km²)  - Width 130 miles (210 km)  - Length 379 miles (610 km)  - % water 16  - Latitude 29°N to 33°N  - Longitude 89°W... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The Alexandria Aces were a minor league baseball team in Alexandria, Louisiana. ...


List of teams (in alphabetical order)

  • Abbeville A's (1935-39)
  • Abbeville Athletics (1946-50, 1952)
  • Alexandria Aces (1934-42, 1946-57)
  • Baton Rouge Rebels (1956-57)
  • Baton Rouge Red Sticks (1946-55)
  • Crowley Millers (1951-57)
  • Hammond Berries (1946-51)
  • Houma Buccaneers/Natchez Pilgrims (1940)
  • Houma Indians (1946-52)
  • Jeanerette Blues (1935-39)
  • Lafayette Bulls (1948-53)
  • Lafayette Oilers (1954-57)
  • Lafayette White Sox (1934-42)
  • Lake Charles Skippers (1935-42)
  • Lake Charles Explorers/Jeanerette Blues (1934)
  • Lake Charles Giants (1956-57)
  • Lake Charles Lakers (1954-55)
  • Monroe Sports (1956)
  • Natchez Giants (1942, 1946-47)
  • Natchez Pilgrims (1941)
  • New Iberia Cardinals (1934-42, 1946-47, 1949, 1953)
  • New Iberia Indians (1957)
  • New Iberia Pelicans (1948, 1951-52, 1954-55)
  • New Iberia Rebels (1950)
  • Opelousas Indians (1934-41)
  • Port Arthur Sea Hawks (1954)
  • Port Arthur Tarpons (1940-42)
  • Rayne Red Sox (1934)
  • Rayne Rice Birds (1935-41)
  • Texas City Pilots (1954)
  • Thibodaux Giants (1946-53)
  • Thibodaux Pilots (1954)
  • Thibodaux Senators (1956-57)

Fact

  • The league’s name came from Evangeline, a legendary Acadian girl made famous through a poem of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Statue of Evangeline - heroine of the Acadian deportation - Saint Martinville, Louisiana Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie is a poem by the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. ... The Acadians (French: Acadiens) are the descendants of the 17th-century French colonists who settled in Acadia (located on the northern portion of North Americas east coast). ... Poetry (ancient Greek: poieo = create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American poet whose works include Paul Reveres Ride, A Psalm of Life, The Song of Hiawatha and Evangeline. ...

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