Big Stone Gap Rebels Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams T-shirts Before affiliated baseball arrived

Before affiliated baseball arrived

Say goodbye to itchiness thanks to the gray

which continues today

the Rockland club existed for only a single season before folding

then the Harlan Red Sox in 1964

Big Stone Gap Rebels Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams T-shirts Before affiliated baseball arrivedThe Big Stone Gap Rebels were a minor league baseball team from Big Stone Gap, Virginia, that played in the Class D Mountain States League, a circuit of teams from Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. They played at Bullitt Park, which remains a public park with athletic facilities today. Teams like the Rebels reflected the eras deep ties between baseball and local identity, as the sport flourished across small towns during the first half