Lincoln Ducklings - Nebraska - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Long Sleeve T-Shirt Size:L Saturday crowds came for the

Saturday crowds came for the game and stayed because the team was theirs

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Lincoln Ducklings - Nebraska - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Long Sleeve T-Shirt Size:L Saturday crowds came for theLincoln, Nebraska was a fast growing prairie capital in 1906, and the city's Class A Western League club spent that one season carrying an unusual name. The team was christened the Ducklings after manager Ducky Holmes, a former big leaguer who had spent a decade in the National League before taking over in Lincoln. They finished second to a runaway Des Moines club, with first baseman Jack Thomas hitting . 293 across 144 games. The Ducklings name was