Rayne Rice Birds Crewneck Sweatshirt - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Louisiana Size:4XL The Lawrenceburg Distillers were a

The Lawrenceburg Distillers were a minor league baseball team from Lawrencburg

and it was during his time in McAlester that the local radio announcer gave him the nickname "Whitey" for his light blond hair

finishing last in the six-team league both years

Tallahassee was the only Florida city to sustain a long-term presence in the league

played infield for the 1940 Topeka Owls early in his professional career before reaching the major leagues with the New York Giants in 1946

Rayne Rice Birds Crewneck Sweatshirt - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Louisiana Size:4XL The Lawrenceburg Distillers were aThe 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