Santa Cruz Sand Crabs Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Color:Sand While the Miners never produced

While the Miners never produced a Hall of Fame player

With major leaguers moonlighting on both rosters

finishing second despite batting champion Albert Behrends hitting

and one season in the outlaw league proved to be the extent of it

Ada has not hosted professional baseball since

Santa Cruz Sand Crabs Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Color:Sand While the Miners never producedThe Santa Cruz Sand Crabs, based in Santa Cruz, California, brought professional baseball to the beach, competing in the California League circuits of 1899 (as the Beachcombers) and 1908 09 (as the Sand Crabs), with ballgrounds sitting near the waterfront where coastal winds off Monterey Bay played havoc with fly balls. Both names were pure Santa Cruz, evoking the boardwalk and bathhouse seaside culture that was already drawing tourists to the city by