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This episode of Minor League Nerd Shorts looks at the Sunbury Senators/Indians who began as a semi-pro team before becoming charter members of the Class C, later Class B, Insterstate League in 1939. They only lasted one more season before leaving town.

This Franchise History episode is about the Cleveland Buckeyes who played in the Negro American League during the 1940s and into 1950. They were originally covered in our old Throwback Thursday Cap of the Day Series, but those episodes were never uploaded as a podcast version, making this our fourth expanded and recut episode from that series.

This episode of Minor League Nerd Shorts look at the Paris Parisians. Actually, this is a doubleheader of sorts, as there were two teams that played under that name. The first played in the Eastern Illinois League for part of 1907 and all of 1908 and the second played in the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee, or KITTY League from 1922 to 1924.

This Franchise History episode is the continuation of our last Mostly Forgotten Teams episode about the Houston Buffalo(e)s/Buffs. After Houston was awarded a National League Franchise, which began play as the Colt .45s in 1962, the Houston Buffs relocated to Oklahoma City, OK, becoming the first Triple-A team in the city. This episode looks at their history through the 2023 season.

This Franchise History episode is about the first professional baseball team to play in Houston, TX. Some sources show the name spelled as BUFFALOES, other as BUFFALOS and some just called them the BUFFS, which eventually became their official name. No matter the spelling, they had a very long and successful time in the city of Houston.

This Minor League Nerd Shorts episode is about the one year wonder Queens Kings, who were a placeholder franchise for the Brooklyn Cyclones. The Kings were originally covered in our old Throwback Thursday Cap of the Day Series, but was never uploaded as a podcast version, making this our third expanded and recut episode from that series.