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In 1954 the franchise signed Silas Harmon, Perry Bellamy, and Lew Jones, among the first Black players to appear in the Class D Georgia-Florida League.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen the Milwaukee Braves established their minor league spring training complex outside the city on a decommissioned airfield, the franchise became a Braves affiliate and renamed itself the Waycross Braves in 1956. The Georgia-Florida League folded after 1958; Waycross fielded one final Braves affiliate team during the short-lived 1963 revival. The Georgia-Florida League was a Class D circuit that ran, with a wartime interruption from 1943 through 1945, from 1935 through 1958, fielding teams primarily from south Georgia with occasional representation from Florida and Alabama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRetro Baseball Revival celebrates historic baseball teams with unique apparel, honoring their legacy and bringing history to one-of-a-kind clothing with our old school retro baseball tees from defunct Minor League Baseball teams. All of our high quality apparel is designed, printed, and shipped within the USA. This collection features 100% original designs based on the history and nicknames of historic minor league teams.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur crewneck sweatshirts are classics that anyone is sure to recognize. They are thick, durable Gildan brand crews. 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