Longview Cannibals Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams Portland Blue Sox The Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League

The Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League

KY in the first half of the 20th century

10% polyester

The logo and pinstripe design are dye sublimated onto the fabric

Teams like the Nailers reflected the era’s deep connection between baseball and local identity

Longview Cannibals Hoodie - Vintage Defunct Baseball Teams Portland Blue Sox The Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee LeagueThe Longview Cannibals were a minor league baseball team that played in various leagues between 1893 and 1939. The team would win their only league title in the East Texas League in 1926, but the team overall was quite good most years and sent many players on to the majors. Their unique name comes from a newspaper reporter who wrote in 1895 that when the Longview team went to San Antonio to play the San Antonio Missions the Longview team "ate up" the