Freeport Pretzels T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois Color:Black The Bloomington Bloomers

The Bloomington Bloomers

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The city sits in northeast Louisiana well outside the Acadian heartland that made up most of the Evangeline circuit

Future Pittsburgh pitcher Tom Butters threw a one-hit shutout in the deciding game

Another colorful figure was catcher Grover Land

Freeport Pretzels T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois Color:Black The Bloomington BloomersThe Freeport Pretzels were a minor league baseball team from the early 20th century with one of the most unusual nicknames we've seen. The 'Pretzels' moniker comes from the city's reputation as the Pretzel City from it being a baking hub in its early years. The Pretzels run spanned from 1905 1910 with a small comeback in 1915. The Pretzels started in the Class D Wisconsin State League from 1905 09 (later called the Wisconsin Illinois League). In their