Rockford Forest Citys - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt cleveland it proved that small-town devotion

it proved that small-town devotion to baseball ran deep across the Carolina Piedmont

Cream block serif text reads "BASEBALL CLUB" with smaller cream sans-serif text reading "MISSION

Large distressed white angular text reads "SKATEWAY" in a bold slanted sans-serif font with a speckled

THAT'S TWO DOLLARS

beside a cartoon portrait of Phil Connors in a gray herringbone coat and yellow scarf holding a microphone

Rockford Forest Citys - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt cleveland it proved that small-town devotionRockford's Forest Citys stood among the original founding members of professional baseball's first league, the National Association, in 1871. Playing out of northern Illinois, they represented a small city competing against the great urban clubs of the era. Some teams are remembered for championships, but the Forest Citys are remembered for being there at the very beginning. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League