Waterbury Pirates - Connecticut - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Long Sleeve T-Shirt Color:Black and small-town baseball clubs were

and small-town baseball clubs were the pride of entire communities

towns like Marshalltown built their identity around clubs like this one

with detailed musculature and a watch on his wrist

Somewhere a guy in quad skates peaked so hard in 1952 that his ghost still has better posture than anyone alive

Smaller white sans-serif text reads "RECOMMEND" above large halftone-textured white block letters reading "HOCKEY

Waterbury Pirates - Connecticut - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Long Sleeve T-Shirt Color:Black and small-town baseball clubs wereWaterbury's Pirates brought Double A baseball to Connecticut in 1970, giving the brass city a direct pipeline to Pittsburgh's farm system. Eastern League ball thrived there for years, turning a working class town into a proving ground for future major leaguers. Some towns remember their minor league clubs the way others remember churches. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear. The Details: