The Brief The J.C. Newman Cigar Company is rolling a cigar called the Tampa Smoker to pay homage to the city's first pro baseball team. The team played from 1919 into the 1950s at Plant Park, where the University of Tampa plays baseball today. Tampa has produced more than 90 major-leaguers over the years and some of them trace their roots to a team called the Tampa Smokers. Workers at the J.C. Newman Cigar Company hand roll cigars in the traditional toro shape. READ: Jackson House Foundation seeks engineers, architects to restore historic buildingThey're rolling a cigar called the Tampa Smoker, paying homage to the Tampa Smokers, the city's first pro baseball team.