when the city fielded a team wonderfully recorded in the archives as the Lodi Melon Rollers
carried one of baseball's great occupational names through the 1899 California League and the outlaw California State League of 1903 through 1909
and Champions
the Aces finished fifth at 55-82 in the league's inaugural season
with the Lodi Crushers of 1966
Watsonville Hayseeds Crewneck Sweatshirt - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Size:4XL when the city fielded aThe 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.