Watsonville Hayseeds Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California carolina league one of only four franchises

one of only four franchises to complete that final

declining attendance

They played at Sportsman's Park

and the Egyptians later competed in the Kitty League from 1903–1906

Mary's College product who had begun his professional career with the Alameda Grays in 1907

Watsonville Hayseeds Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California carolina league one of only four franchisesThe Watsonville Hayseeds, based in Watsonville, California, played the 1899 season in the California League, giving the Pajaro Valley farm town a professional nine with a name that leaned all the way into its identity. Hayseed was the era's universal slang for a country boy, and Watsonville, surrounded by apple orchards, sugar beet fields, and berry farms, wore it proudly against the big city clubs of San Francisco, Oakland, and Sacramento.