{"product_id":"ogden-lobsters-t-shirt-heavyweight-vintage-defunct-baseball-teams-utah","title":"Ogden Lobsters T-Shirt (Heavyweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Utah","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Ogden Lobsters, based in Ogden, Utah, were the first professional baseball team the city ever fielded, and they won a championship in each of their first two seasons. Ogden went 32-13 to take the 1900 Utah-Idaho Intermountain League title and 31-10 to take the 1901 Inter-Mountain League title, both under manager Frank Gimlin, known throughout the region as Dad.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1900 league lasted exactly one season, opening on April 25 and closing on September 19 with four charter clubs: Ogden, the Pocatello Indians, and two Salt Lake City teams fielded by railroads, the Rio Grande Rios and the Short Line Shorts. When it folded, a new four-team circuit formed for 1901 with Ogden, the Park City Miners, the Salt Lake City White Wings and a club that split its season between Farmington and Salt Lake City. Ogden won that one by five games and it folded too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Lobsters kept going as the leagues around them kept collapsing. Ogden played in the Utah State League in 1902, though no standings from that season survive, and spent 1905 in the Class B Pacific National League at Glenwood Park. Reference books stop there. The newspapers do not, and the Lobsters name runs through all of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe last five years were a study in making do. In 1906 Ogden played in a league with Salt Lake City, Park City and the Tintic mining town of Eureka. By 1907 there was apparently nobody left to schedule, so the Lobsters and Salt Lake simply played each other in a series that stretched across months, with one game drawing a reported 1,200 people. Utah businessmen assembled a new state league for 1908 with four clubs, Ogden, Salt Lake, Murray and Fort Douglas. After that the record thins to scattered games in 1909 and 1910 and passing mentions of a state league and a county league, which is usually what the end looks like.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOgden sits about 700 miles from the nearest ocean, which makes it one of the more unlikely places in American baseball history to have named a team after a shellfish. A search of the period papers turns up the name in constant use and never once explained. Whatever the joke was, the people telling it assumed everyone already knew.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOgden later fielded the Ogden Canners, who won the 1914 Union Association title, and the Ogden Gunners, whose 1927 roster included future Hall of Fame catcher Ernie Lombardi.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the 1800s and first half of the 1900s, teams existed in thousands of small towns across the United States, as Americans looked for recreational activities and entertainment in the era before TV.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRetro 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eOur standard tees are classic, heavyweight t-shirts that are durable and thick. They are looser fitting and run true to size.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize Guide: True to size\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cul class=\"listMCE\"\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eBrand: Gildan | Product ID: 5000\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eMade with medium fabric (5.3 oz\/yd² (180 g\/m²)) consisting of 100% cotton for year-round comfort that is sustainable and highly durable.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eThe classic fit of this shirt ensures a comfy, relaxed wear while the crew neckline adds that neat, timeless look that can blend into any occasion, casual or semi-formal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eThe tear-away label means a scratch-free experience with no irritation or discomfort whatsoever.\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eMade using 100% US cotton that is ethically grown and harvested. Gildan is also a proud member of the US Cotton Trust Protocol ensuring ethical and sustainable means of production. 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