Freeport Pretzels Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois Size:4XL Wilson's pedigree as a baseball

Wilson's pedigree as a baseball town runs deep: more than 100 players who passed through Fleming Stadium over the decades went on to play in the major leagues

and played baseball from 1923-25

"A Pitch in Time: The Story of the Dubuque Packers

The East Texas League ran from 1916 through 1940

Freeport Pretzels Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois Size:4XL Wilson's pedigree as a baseballThe 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