Mount Vernon Kings - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex T-Shirt maine Iowa" with a swooping underline

Iowa" with a swooping underline

and green "1990" appears at the bottom

Inspired by Karate Kid

The Three-I League connected small river towns across the Midwest when minor league ball was the only game most folks ever saw

Generations of families rolled frames in a place that felt like hallowed ground

Mount Vernon Kings - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex T-Shirt maine Iowa" with a swooping underlineMount Vernon's Kings took the diamond in 1949 as part of the Class D Southern Illinois League, bringing organized baseball to a proud coal country town. Small market clubs like these were the backbone of the minor league system in postwar America. They gave southern Illinois something to rally around on warm summer nights. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear. The Details: Arched distressed