Salinas Spurs T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California nicholasville nicks A young Wade Boggs played

A young Wade Boggs played there in 1977 on his way to a Hall of Fame career

The Resorters got their name from Dawson Springs' popularity as a travel destination in the early 20th century due to the mineral springs in the area

taking the name Red Birds

in his first professional year after signing with the New York Giants

Salinas Spurs T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California nicholasville nicks A young Wade Boggs playedThe Salinas Spurs, based in Salinas, California, played in the California League from 1982 through 1987 and again from 1989 through 1992, the final professional baseball identity in a city that had hosted the league on and off since 1954. The Spurs spent their first two seasons with the Chicago Cubs and then four with the Seattle Mariners, and their most famous alumnus is Omar Vizquel, the future 11 time Gold Glove shortstop, who came through Salinas