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Baseball clubs like this one gave working towns in Washington a sense of pride and belonging long before the major leagues looked west

Small town teams like these were the backbone of organized baseball

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Rayne Rice Birds - Louisiana - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex Hoodie norfolk and acrobatsRayne sits in the rice growing prairies of Acadiana, where the long billed blackbirds known locally as rice birds shadowed the harvest each fall. The team carried that name when it became a charter member of the Class D Louisiana State League in 1920, lined up beside the Abbeville Sluggers, Alexandria Tigers, Lafayette Hubs, New Iberia Sugar Boys, and Oakdale Lumberjacks. The franchise folded along with the rest of the league on July 14 of its first