Santa Ana Orange Countians - California - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex T-Shirt Size:2XL Baseball clubs like this one

Baseball clubs like this one gave working towns in Washington a sense of pride and belonging long before the major leagues looked west

A flat-style illustration of a drab olive green 1970s station wagon sits in profile with a roof rack

but Anaheim Bowl became part of the neighborhood's identity for decades

Cocoa Beach Fliers took the diamond in 1941

King Schultz in a bowler hat sits centered

Santa Ana Orange Countians - California - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex T-Shirt Size:2XL Baseball clubs like this oneSanta Ana's Orange Countians took the field in 1928 as part of the California State League. Orange County was still mostly groves and farmland then, miles from the sprawl it would become. A local baseball club gave a young, scattered community something to gather around and call its own. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear. The Details: Arched white text reads "SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA" above