New Haven Texas Steers - Connecticut - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - 3/4 Sleeve Raglan T-Shirt bandit Tuberculosis took his lungs but

Tuberculosis took his lungs but never once touched his timing

Some places weren't just recreation

but Chicken Boy fed its mythology

Distressed olive-green illustration of a WWII-era bomber aircraft spans the upper portion of the design

Borrowed valor has never looked so golden

New Haven Texas Steers - Connecticut - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams - 3/4 Sleeve Raglan T-Shirt bandit Tuberculosis took his lungs butNew Haven's Texas Steers rode onto the diamond in 1896 as part of the ambitious Atlantic League, bringing professional baseball to a Connecticut city steeped in collegiate tradition. The club burned bright but brief, part of a wave of independent leagues challenging organized baseball's grip. Some teams endure for decades, others matter simply because they dared to exist. Part of our Defunct Baseball collection, inspired by the vintage Minor League