Belleville Stags - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex T-Shirt Color:Navy Short-lived teams often leave the

Short-lived teams often leave the deepest marks on a city's memory

Generations gathered there for red sauce suppers and stiff cocktails in the heart of Chinatown's edge

The Missouri Belle Casino

The Drunken Clam

and "okayest" just means the kids survived the visit

Belleville Stags - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex T-Shirt Color:Navy Short-lived teams often leave theBelleville'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