New Haven Profs - Connecticut - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Long Sleeve T-Shirt joplin and cymbals

and cymbals

"Rad" survived the entire 1980s as the safest word a twelve-year-old could scream at a half-pipe

the team tied local pride to the national pastime

Every major league city started with teams like these

bringing organized Class D baseball to the Rio Grande Valley

New Haven Profs - Connecticut - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Long Sleeve T-Shirt joplin and cymbalsNew Haven's Profs played in the Eastern League during the 1920s, carrying the name of a city defined by its university culture. Founded in 1923, the club represented a Connecticut town where baseball and academia shared the same streets. Minor league teams like these gave small cities something beyond their institutions to rally around. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear. The Details: