Sanford Spinners T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Color:Kelly Named for Bourbon County and

Named for Bourbon County and its ties to bourbon whiskey

for whatever reason the name stuck

The Hutchinson Wheatshockers took their name from the harvest practice of stacking cut wheat into upright bundles called shocks to dry in the field

The franchise arrived from Southern California

Sanford Spinners T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - North Carolina Color:Kelly Named for Bourbon County andThe Sanford Spinners took their name from the textile mills that were the economic backbone of Sanford and Lee County, North Carolina, spinning thread and producing cloth through the heart of the Depression and the war years. They played just two seasons in the Bi State League, but the 1941 championship is the franchise's story: entering the playoffs in fourth place at 58 54, the Spinners beat the Martinsville Manufacturers in a seven game semifinal