Way way back in the day, the Mission had some minor league baseball teams. The first was called the SF Missions (who quickly moved to Salt Lake City and became the SLC Bees), and the next was called the Mission Reds (who toiled here for 12 years before ending up down south as the Hollywood Stars). Neither was as beloved as the Seals, of course. Nonetheless, Wikipedia’s complete history is fascinating.
And since the holidays are coming up, it might be wise to stock up on some handsome throwback gear (pictured). Thanks to Plug1 for bringing all of this to our attention.
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Jersey
Price: $185.00
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me.
Ugh.
You can make one on neighborhoodies.com for about $50 (and then roll around in the dirt to age it for free).
[...] we all know about the Mission Reds, the minor league baseball team defending the ‘hood from 1928-1937 against the evil San [...]
[...] 1) Seals Stadium - 16th and Potrero. Open from 1931 to 1959. It was this stadium that our own Mission Reds last played in, before leaving it and us, moving to Los Angeles and renaming themselves the [...]