and the Egyptians later competed in the Kitty League from 1903–1906
one of only four franchises to complete that final
joined the California League in mid-1955 and made the Biggest Little City in the World the league's easternmost outpost for decades
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 and the Egyptians later competedThe 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.