Santa Cruz Sand Crabs T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Portland Gulls the point was the same:

the point was the same: the Santa Clara Valley was the largest prune-producing region on earth

The Saints name was chosen in a popular contest that drew more than 200 different entries

The Berries started slowly

The franchise continued as the Brunswick Phillies from 1957 through 1958

a June 1901 account has Nordyke leading a 9-3 win over Oakland with a home run

Santa Cruz Sand Crabs T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Portland Gulls the point was the same:The 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