South Bend Green Stockings - Indiana - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Long Sleeve T-Shirt Size:M Before the Angels put Anaheim

Before the Angels put Anaheim on the map

Liability insurance alone could bankrupt a small nation

Earning military-style wings for a turbulent two minutes in a bathroom smaller than a coffin is the most aggressively optimistic self-assessment in aviation history

Distressed golden-yellow arched text reads "THE NYC" and "BASEBALL" above two crossed bats flanking an oval banner with "Furies" in flowing script

but this one served as the crossroads of an entire era

South Bend Green Stockings - Indiana - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Long Sleeve T-Shirt Size:M Before the Angels put AnaheimSouth Bend's Green Stockings took the diamond in 1888 as part of Indiana's State League. Before the major leagues monopolized the national pastime, small city clubs like these were the soul of their towns. Entire communities gathered on summer afternoons, bound together by nothing more than a ball and a prayer. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear. The Details: Arched white Old English text