Bloomington Bengals - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt summer Massachusetts was already fertile ground

Massachusetts was already fertile ground for baseball long before the major leagues took shape

and seagulls surrounding it

Opening during the mid-century bowling boom of the 1950s

Distressed golden-yellow arched serif text reads "WELLSVILLE" above large bold serif lettering reading "BRAVES" with a swooping pennant tail extending from the final letter

with a central medallion reading "ESTD 180 AD ROME

Bloomington Bengals - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt summer Massachusetts was already fertile groundBloomington's Bengals took the field in 1937 as part of the Illinois minor league circuit. In an era when small city baseball clubs were the soul of their towns, the Bengals gave Bloomington, Illinois something to rally around on warm summer nights. Some teams leave behind trophies, others leave behind memories woven into a community's identity. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear. The