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Photograph of the American Vineyard Company Baseball Team with onlookers watching from the bleachers in the background. Del Rey is located about 15 miles southeast of Fresno with the communities of Sanger, Fowler, Selma, and Parlier within a six…

1910 Porterville Baseball Team. Some of their names are: Loyd, Claubes, Graham, Murry and Futrell.

This was the 1925 baseball team of Visalia High School in Visalia, Calif. Two players -- Larry French and Lyn Lary -- later played professionally. The umpire for many of their games was Arch Medlin.

This unidentified pitcher served the Visalia Cubs, in Visalia, CA, in the 1940s.

Three members of an early Visalia, CA, baseball team pose for the cameraman. From left, they are Frank Kimball, Fred Warner, and Thomas Hall. The meaning of the letter "E" is not known. This photo was taken in 1880 or 1881.

Army Sergeant Ben Mitsuyoshi in Austria in 1951. Ben, with the 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, was in Vienna to play baseball against the Air Force team.

Ben Mitsuyoshi (center) with teammates, Howard and Harvey Zenemira (from Fresno, California), played on the 1953 Hiroshima Carps professional baseball team in Japan's Central League in 1953.

Ben Mitsuyoshi and Howard and Harvey Zenemira on an outing to the Ginza in Tokyo. The Zenemira brothers were from Fresno, California.

Ben Mitsuyoshi and Harvey and Howard Zenemira are honored by a parade in Hiroshima, Japan. The three Tulare and Fresno County men played professional baseball for the Hiroshima Carps.

Ben Mitsuyoshi (center) and Harvey and Howard Zenemira are honored in a parade in Hiroshima, Japan. The three Tulare and Fresno County men played professional baseball for the Hiroshima Carps.