The hub city of Acadiana was considered one of the league's marquee franchises from the start
Like many early minor league teams
a Class D minor league baseball circuit in the early 1900s
The most celebrated player to come through Alexandria was Hall of Fame pitcher Hal Newhouser
four games to one
Watsonville Hayseeds T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California iowa The hub city of AcadianaThe 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.