Cairo Egyptians - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt Color:White " above golden-tan text reading

" above golden-tan text reading "Estd" and "1898" flanking a golden-tan open scallop shell cradling a white baseball

its YOrktown exchange phone number tells you exactly how deep those roots ran in Baldwin Park

Short-lived as they were

Woonsocket's Speeders took the diamond in 1914

Places like this defined Southern California leisure in the 1950s and 1960s

Cairo Egyptians - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt Color:White " above golden-tan text readingCairo's Egyptians took the diamond in 1897 as part of the Central League, bringing Class C baseball to the southern tip of Illinois. Nestled where the Ohio meets the Mississippi, Cairo was a river town that punched above its weight. Minor league ball gave that small community something to rally around when the century was still young. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear. The Details: