Belleville Stags - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt Color:Navy Opening in the mid-20th century

Opening in the mid-20th century

Earning its "World Famous" name through decades of honest service

Jack Dempsey's Restaurant opened in the 1930s on 8th Avenue in Manhattan

and absolutely zero patience for low ambitions

Inspired by Gladiator

Belleville Stags - Illinois - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Women's T-Shirt Color:Navy Opening in the mid-20th centuryBelleville'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