Belleville Stags - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Long Sleeve T-Shirt Size:S They were the game itself

They were the game itself for Springfield

these clubs were the shared heartbeat of a town's summers

Popping wheelies in 1985 apparently requires the same hushed confession as a canceled Cinemax pilot

large red outlined text reads "PIG" above a cartoon pink pig grinning inside a hamburger bun with lettuce and cheese

palm trees

Belleville Stags - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Long Sleeve T-Shirt Size:S They were the game itselfBelleville's Stags played Class D ball in the Illinois State League starting in 1947, representing a small town's hunger for professional baseball in the postwar years. Minor league clubs like this one gave returning servicemen and local kids something to believe in on warm summer nights. Southern Illinois never forgot what that diamond meant. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear. The