Cleveland Bearcats - Ohio - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Long Sleeve T-Shirt step brothers Teams like the Clothiers gave

Teams like the Clothiers gave Long Beach identity before the city outgrew its small-town roots

casual hand-drawn white text reads "2825 CRENSHAW BLVD

That stretch of beach was becoming the vacation capital of postwar America

accumulating quiet power one master key at a time

and a small downward-pointing triangle near the bottom center

Cleveland Bearcats - Ohio - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Long Sleeve T-Shirt step brothers Teams like the Clothiers gaveCleveland's Bearcats took the field in 1914, part of a wave of independent and semi pro clubs that defined Ohio baseball beyond the major leagues. In a city already devoted to the game, these smaller teams gave working neighborhoods their own squads to rally behind. They carried Cleveland's fierce baseball identity at the grassroots level. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League teams of yesteryear. The Details: