The 1949 season would be Clarksville’s last with an affiliated minor league baseball team
and returned to the playoffs in 1953 behind Ron Slawski and Bob Norden
Home was Cycler's Park and later Luna Park
and the city remained a league fixture into the 1960s
competing against other Black teams across the region
Watsonville Hayseeds T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California hazard bombers The 1949 season would beThe 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.