Rayne Rice Birds Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Louisiana Size:2XL was a Class D minor

was a Class D minor league that operated intermittently from 1910 to 1955

While these jerseys have been hard to find since the team folded

and notable alumni included Hall of Famer Carl Hubbell

They competed against teams like the Beckley Bengals and Huntington Bees

based in Victoria

Rayne Rice Birds Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Louisiana Size:2XL was a Class D minorThe Rayne Rice Birds, based in Rayne, Louisiana, carried one of the most distinctive nicknames the Evangeline League ever produced. The name refers to the bobolink, a migratory songbird that descended on Louisiana's rice fields each autumn in enormous flocks, devastating crops. Rayne farmers and locals had called the bird the "rice bird" for generations, and Rayne itself sat deep in Acadia Parish rice country, making the name an entirely natural