Sacramento Gilt Edges T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Iowa and short-lived clubs like the

and short-lived clubs like the Stars were part of the game's fabric

The club's most notable figure was player-manager Rube Marquard

drawing just 28

representing the working-class Mission District while the beloved Seals got the headlines

which is now the site of the Alton Police Department

Sacramento Gilt Edges T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - California Iowa and short-lived clubs like theThe Sacramento Gilt Edges, based in Sacramento, California, played in the California League from 1898 through 1900, and no team name in the league's long history better captures the era's habit of naming ballclubs after their sponsors: the Gilt Edge name came from a beer brewed by Sacramento's Ruhstaller Brewery. Sponsorship clearly agreed with them, as the Gilt Edges won three consecutive California League championships from 1898 through 1900, led in