The sender is a fellow educator, but retired (lucky)! This card is a reproduction of the large letter state name postcards from the 1930s-1940s. I love these cards and many Postcrossers have them on their lists of favourites and preferred cards.  Tacoma is home to the Tacoma Rainers of the Pacific Coast League. The Pacific Coast League is a Triple-A baseball league, which means they are one level below Major League Baseball. Triple-A teams have a Major League Baseball team they are affiliated with and prospects of the Major League team play there. The Rainers are the oldest team in the league having been founded in 1960 as the Tacoma Giants, the affiliate of the San Fransisco Giants. They are the current affiliate of the Seattle Mariners since 1995.  Here are the names and affiliates of the Tacoma Baseball Team: 1960-1965 - Tacoma Giants - San Fransisco Giants 1966-1971 - Tacoma Cubs - Chicago Cubs 1972-1977 - Tacoma Twins - Minnesota Twins 1978 - Tacoma Yankees - New York Yan...