Crowley Millers Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Louisiana paris bourbonites Wilson's pedigree as a baseball

Wilson's pedigree as a baseball town runs deep: more than 100 players who passed through Fleming Stadium over the decades went on to play in the major leagues

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The name outlived the ballclub: Vincennes Lincoln High School adopted the Alices in 1923 and carries the name to this day

Crowley Millers Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Louisiana paris bourbonites Wilson's pedigree as a baseballThe Crowley Millers, based in Crowley, Louisiana, joined the Evangeline League in 1951 and won the league championship in their second season. Crowley had long carried the nickname "Rice Capital of the World," and the Millers took their name from the rice processing mills that anchored the city's economy. The Crowley Millers arrived in the Evangeline League in 1951, having spent the previous season in the Gulf Coast League before that circuit folded.