Wilkes-Barre Coal Barons - Pennsylvania - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex Sweatshirt pico rivera They were civic identity

They were civic identity

Independent baseball clubs were the social glue of remote northern communities

The fireworks behind him started themselves out of respect

Distressed pale gold serif text reads "MIDWEST" above a woodcut-style pastoral illustration depicting rolling hills

Wilkes-Barre Coal Barons - Pennsylvania - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Unisex Sweatshirt pico rivera They were civic identityWilkes 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