Duluth Whalebacks - Minnesota - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex T-Shirt perkasie Baseball clubs like this one

Baseball clubs like this one gave small agricultural towns a sense of pride that extended far beyond the diamond

Billy Ray Valentine earning a chain belt in kung fu is the kind of credential that only exists at a dinner table full of terrified old money

Some teams represented a city

bringing minor league baseball back to a steel town hungry for it

" "ESTD 1985

Duluth Whalebacks - Minnesota - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex T-Shirt perkasie Baseball clubs like this oneDuluth's Whalebacks took the diamond in 1891 as part of the Western Association. Named for the distinctive whaleback ore freighters crowding the harbor, the club wore a port city's identity on its sleeve. Minnesota's iron range was fueling a nation, and Duluth had a ballclub to match its ambition. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear. The Details: Arched cream block text reads "DULUTH,