Rayne Rice Birds - Louisiana - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt union mouth open in an exaggerated

mouth open in an exaggerated laugh

Places like this defined an era when the ocean was the only amenity that mattered

" Weathered white blocky text below reads "kickin' ass since 1776

drumsticks

FLORIDA" above black script reading "Anglers

Rayne Rice Birds - Louisiana - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt union mouth open in an exaggeratedRayne 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