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Lake Charles Creoles - Louisiana - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex Sweatshirt fighters Minor league teams like theseLake Charles was a Louisiana lumber and rice port in 1906 when the Creoles became the city's first professional baseball team. They entered the Class C South Texas League as the circuit's only out of state franchise, playing home games at Athletic Field and finishing dead last at 30 94 under a rotation of three managers (Denny Lyons, Ed Switzer, and Dick Latham). The South Texas League folded after that 1906 season, and the Creoles moved on to the