The nickname came from The Hubinger Company
The Marion Oilworkers
they defeated a split-squad New York Yankees team managed by Casey Stengel at Majors Stadium
The franchise's most enduring piece of history came in 1949
a former Cincinnati Reds infielder who joined Gainesville in 1947 and remained for four seasons
Waycross Bears Crewneck Sweatshirt - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Georgia Color:Dark Chocolate The nickname came from TheThe Waycross Bears, based in Waycross, Georgia, were the Georgia Florida League's dominant franchise, winning five championships across their run from 1939 through 1955: 1940, 1942, 1948, 1949, and 1951. Waycross sat at the northern edge of the Okefenokee Swamp in southeastern Georgia, and the Bears drew the league's highest single season attendance in 1939 at 85,566 fans. Baseball in Waycross long predated the Bears. In the 1920s, Shoeless Joe