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before the league folded at the end of the season

and was named the league's Player of the Year

When novelist Douglass Wallop needed a heartland hometown for the protagonist of his 1954 novel "Damn Yankees

and from 1946 to 1955

in the late 1950s and early 60s there was another team from Clay City that played amateur or semi-pro ball in the Central Kentucky Baseball League

Bloomington Bloomers T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois all teams before the league folded atThe Bloomington Bloomers, hailing from Bloomington, Illinois, were a long standing team in the Iowa Indiana Illinois or Three I League during the early 20th century. The Bloomers started play in 1903 and played 29 seasons through 1939. The Bloomers won four league titles in 1903, 1919, 1920 and 1939. The 1935 team was player managed by Hall of Famer Burleigh Grimes, who was winding down his playing career. Grimes would move on to coach the Brooklyn