The Globe Bears were Globe, Arizona's professional baseball club from 1929 to 1931, a mining-town team in Arizona's first league in organized baseball that was named for an actual bear. Player-manager Mickey Shader was given an orphaned bear cub, the club took the name, and the cub was kept in an enclosure outside town.
Shader recruited most of his roster from California, and the players called themselves the League of Nations. Four members of the 1929 team reached the majors: pitchers Thornton Lee and Tony Freitas, infielder Art Garibaldi and Henry Oana, known as Prince Oana, who led the league with 127 hits. Lee later made an All-Star team with the White Sox and Freitas won 340 games in the minors, a record for a pitcher who never settled in the big leagues. The mining company added $100 a month to Lee's $250 salary to keep him.
Globe traveled to games in a single Cadillac with the equipment strapped to the sides, and miners came straight from shift change to School Hill Park with their lunch buckets. The 1929 club finished third at 48-42. In 1930 the Bears tied Bisbee at three games apiece for the championship, then refused to make the trip to Bisbee for the deciding game, and the title was awarded to the Bees.
The Old Dominion Mine closed during the 1931 season, the Bears finished 49-81 and the club disbanded. Globe and Miami later shared a team, the Browns, that won back-to-back titles in 1947 and 1948.
Arizona's first league in organized baseball opened in 1928 as a Class D circuit with four clubs, in Bisbee, Miami, Phoenix and Tucson. It became the Arizona-Texas League in 1931 and the Arizona-Mexico League in 1955, and ran, with gaps, through 1958, eventually reaching into Texas, New Mexico, Nevada and northern Mexico.
Retro Baseball Revival celebrates historic baseball teams with unique apparel, honoring their legacy and bringing history to one-of-a-kind clothing with our old school retro baseball tees from defunct Minor League Baseball teams. All of our high quality apparel is designed, printed, and shipped within the USA. This collection features 100% original designs based on the history and nicknames of historic minor league teams.
Our premium lightweight shirts are the hugely popular Bella+Canvas brand 3001 tees. They are much lighter and thinner feeling than a traditional heavyweight tee. They also are more form fitting and feel more snug. These are generally 90% to 100% cotton, although please note that heather colors in this item are 52% cotton.
Size Guide: Fit is true to size or a little snug. Considering ordering one size up if you are normally between sizes.
Brand: Bella Canvas | Product ID: 3001
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- The tear-away label minimizes skin irritations.
- Fabric blends: Ash and Heather Prism colors - 99% cotton, 1% polyester; Heather and Solid Blend colors - 52% cotton, 48% polyester; Athletic Heather and Black Heather - 90% cotton, 10% polyester.
