San Francisco Wasps Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California 11oz that played in the Appalachian

that played in the Appalachian League (1938–52) and the Mountain States League (1953–54)

Once a thriving town of nearly 20

but the city's position on Sabine Lake at the edge of the Intracoastal Waterway gave it a waterfront identity that the "Sea Hawks" name captured better than anything oil-related might have

with home games at Webb Park

Manager Johnny Keane guided the club in 1938 before remaining as the franchise became the Albany Cardinals as a St

San Francisco Wasps Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California 11oz that played in the AppalachianThe San Francisco Wasps, based in San Francisco, California, played in the California League from 1899 through 1902, holding down the circuit's biggest market during its turn of the century revival. San Francisco was the one constant across every incarnation of the early California League, and in an era when the league's clubs regularly carried sponsor names, from brewery backed champions to whiskey brands, the Wasps name may well have nodded to The