Wilkes-Barre Coal Barons - Pennsylvania - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex Sweatshirt pico rivera Independent baseball clubs were the

Independent baseball clubs were the social glue of remote northern communities

with lines fanning outward from a central point below

The fireworks behind him started themselves out of respect

and a future that never was—but totally should have been

A vintage hand-drawn portrait of Ace Rothstein sits within a downward-pointing chevron

Wilkes-Barre Coal Barons - Pennsylvania - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex Sweatshirt pico rivera Independent baseball clubs were theWilkes Barre's Coal Barons took the field in 1887 as part of the International Association, representing a Pennsylvania mining city that lived and breathed anthracite. Baseball and coal built that town's identity in equal measure. Some clubs are remembered for championships, but the Coal Barons endured as a symbol of working class pride in the Wyoming Valley. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of