Belleville Stags - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex Hoodie fall river Toots Shor's on West 52nd

Toots Shor's on West 52nd Street in Manhattan was New York's unofficial clubhouse from the 1940s through the 1960s

Bold red slab-serif text below reads "BENNETT STEAM

Big band acts and bebop legends passed through its doors during an era when Kansas City defined American music

Cocoa Beach Fliers took the diamond in 1941

Belleville Stags - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex Hoodie fall river Toots Shor's on West 52ndBelleville'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