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Rick Redd, left, with ticket holder David Ellis

The Harrisburg Senators begin to sell tickets 39 years ago today for their long-awaited return to City Island.

The Class AA Senators – whose predecessors by the same name in 1952 go bankrupt and fold – need only eight hours to sell out their first opening day after a 35-year hiatus.

David Ellis, a carpenter from Harrisburg seen here in front of Senators general manager Rick Redd, is the first in line for tickets for the 1987 return of pro baseball on City Island.

Today the Senators remain the Class AA Eastern League’s oldest franchise, trailing only Reading.

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