Ebbets Field Flannels UCLA 1940 Home Jersey

History: In 1944, the UCLA Bruins Baseball team captured the California Interscholastic Association title (CIBA) as well as the Southern California Interscholastic Baseball Association crown. It had been twenty years since UCLA finished first in 1924.

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History: The Vols, playing at Sulpher Dell, won the Southern Association crown in '40, and are considered one of minor league baseball's all-time greatest teams. Future Braves great Johnny Sain was in the Vols' rotation.

Nashville Vols 1940 Home Jersey

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History: This was one of several different uniform styles worn by the Memphis club in the 1940s. The V on the sleeve is for Victory in World War

Memphis Red Sox 1945 Home Jersey

History: The '40 Cats featured an outfielder named Henry Prince Oana, a Hawaiian player whose professional career began with encouragement from none other than Ty Cobb, who had seen Oana play as a youngster on a barnstorming team in Japan. Oana's Hawaiian heritage would challenge the nature of color barriers in professional baseball during a fascinating career that also saw him transition from an outfielder to a pitcher while in Fort Worth to make a late-career return to the Major Leagues.

Fort Worth Cats 1940 Home Jersey

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Ebbets Field Flannels sells an Osaka Tigers 1940 Vintage Ballcap. Made in the USA since 1988!

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Ebbets Field Flannels 1940 San Francisco Seals Lefty O'Doul Home

History: While many Negro League clubs took their nicknames from their local white counterparts, the Black Crackers taking theirs from the Southern Association’s all-white Atlanta Crackers led to one of the oddest team names in baseball history. Both clubs shared Atlanta’s famed Ponce de Leon Park, where during the 1940 season the legendary Satchel Paige appeared in two games for the Black Crackers.