and after one season the franchise was sold and moved inland to become the San Bernardino Spirit
San Bernardino
competing against other Black teams across the region
and returned to the playoffs in 1953 behind Ron Slawski and Bob Norden
managed the club from 2011 to 2013
Watsonville Hayseeds T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California hazard bombers and after one season theThe 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.