Freeport Pretzels T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois Size:4XL The CKBL was much more

The CKBL was much more localized as this team played teams from Irvine

The Reidsville Luckies took their name from Lucky Strike cigarettes

and Minnesota as its core membership contracted in later years

then a last-place 1904 season played as the Reds for the color of their uniforms

Freeport Pretzels T-Shirt (Premium Lightweight) - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - Illinois Size:4XL The CKBL was much moreThe 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